84 plus what equals 84?

This is how to calculate "84 plus what equals 84?" In other words, 84 plus a number equals 84. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

84 + what = 84

To solve this equation, we first add -84 to each side of the equal sign like this:

84 - 84 + what = 84 - 84

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "84 plus what equals 84?" as follows:

What = 0

The answer to "84 plus what equals 84?" is 0. You know this answer is correct because 84 plus 0 equals 84.

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