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A box of pencils is 5 inches wide. Seven pencils, laid side by side, take up 2 inches of the width. How many inches of the width of the box is not taken up by pencils? Show your reasoning

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3 inches in width

Step-by-step explanation:

so it has 5 inches space and 2 inches have been filled in that leaves 3 inches in width, simply subtract 5 by 2 and you will get 3.

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