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If Jimmy has 4 times a variable of gumdrops plus 2 gumdrops and it's equal to 1 gumdrop times the same variable and he looses a gumdrop.

Based on this information what is the variable in the equations. A variable is a letter that represents a number.

4x+2=1x-1

Danny has a lollipop , he gets a certain amount more of them, it's equal to 1 lollipop times a number plus a lollipop.

Is there a solution to the lollipop equation? Use your inverse operations to find out , an inverse operation is using multiplication, addition , subtraction and division to change variables from one side to the other.

1x=1x+1

Charise has 2 hot dogs plus a variable which is equal to Billy's 10 hot dogs plus a number.

How many hot dogs do they have if the equations are equal to each other. An equation is a number sequence that has 4 parts , an answer , numbers , variables , and operations.

2x=10+x