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From the graph:

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The library of congress has 28.7 millions of volumes.

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The Boston Public Library has 14.6 millions of volumes.

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Let n represent the number of more volumes the library of congress had than

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the Boston Public Library.\"\"

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Write the verbal expression to represent the situation.\"\"

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Rewrite the equation:

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Subtraction property of equality: Subtract 14.6 from each side.

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\"\" (Apply commutative property of addition: \"\")

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\"\"                        (Apply additive inverse property: \"\")

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\"\"                         (Apply additive identity property: \"\")

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\"\"                                (Subtract: \"\")

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The library of congress has 14.1 more millions of volumes than the Boston

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Public Library.