9 plus what equals 34?

This is how to calculate "9 plus what equals 34?" In other words, 9 plus a number equals 34. What is that number? We start by converting this word problem into an equation where "what" is what we want to solve:

9 + what = 34

To solve this equation, we first add -9 to each side of the equal sign like this:

9 - 9 + what = 34 - 9

Then, we do the calculation to get the answer to "9 plus what equals 34?" as follows:

What = 25

The answer to "9 plus what equals 34?" is 25. You know this answer is correct because 9 plus 25 equals 34.

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