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Niel has a bucket of beads. He uses them to make 8 identical necklaces and then buys 25 beads at the store. He ends up with a total of 500 beads. How many did he start with? Identify the operations needed to solve this problem using the equation b8 + 25 = 500
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8

+

25

=

500
.(1 point)
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subtraction and multiplication
subtraction and multiplication

addition and division
addition and division

subtraction and division
subtraction and division

addition and multiplication

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Subtraction and multiplication.

Explanation: From b/8 + 25 = 500, subtract 25 to get b/8 = 475, then multiply by 8 to get b = 3800.