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Subtraction

Solve the equations.

Start file

xx - x =
xxx - x =
xxxx - x =
xxxxx - x =
xxxxx - xx =
xxxxxx - xxxxx =
xxxxxxx - xx =
xxxxxxx - xx =
xxxxxxxx - xx =
xxxxxxxx - xxxxx =
xxxxxxxx - xxxxxx =
xxxxxxxxx - xxx =
xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxx =
xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxx =
xxxxxxxxxxx - xxxx =
xxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxx =
xxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxx =
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxx =
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xx =
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxx =

End file

xx - x = x
xxx - x = xx
xxxx - x = xxx
xxxxx - x = xxxx
xxxxx - xx = xxx
xxxxxx - xxxxx = x
xxxxxxx - xx = xxxxx
xxxxxxx - xx = xxxxx
xxxxxxxx - xx = xxxxxx
xxxxxxxx - xxxxx = xxx
xxxxxxxx - xxxxxx = xx
xxxxxxxxx - xxx = xxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxx = xxxxx
xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxx = xx
xxxxxxxxxxx - xxxx = xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxx = xxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxx = xxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxx = xxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xx = xxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxx = xxxxxxxx

View Diff

1,20c1,20
< xx - x =
< xxx - x =
< xxxx - x =
< xxxxx - x =
< xxxxx - xx =
< xxxxxx - xxxxx =
< xxxxxxx - xx =
< xxxxxxx - xx =
< xxxxxxxx - xx =
< xxxxxxxx - xxxxx =
< xxxxxxxx - xxxxxx =
< xxxxxxxxx - xxx =
< xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxx =
< xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxx =
< xxxxxxxxxxx - xxxx =
< xxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxx =
< xxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxx =
< xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxx =
< xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xx =
< xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxx =
---
> xx - x = x
> xxx - x = xx
> xxxx - x = xxx
> xxxxx - x = xxxx
> xxxxx - xx = xxx
> xxxxxx - xxxxx = x
> xxxxxxx - xx = xxxxx
> xxxxxxx - xx = xxxxx
> xxxxxxxx - xx = xxxxxx
> xxxxxxxx - xxxxx = xxx
> xxxxxxxx - xxxxxx = xx
> xxxxxxxxx - xxx = xxxxxx
> xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxx = xxxxx
> xxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxx = xx
> xxxxxxxxxxx - xxxx = xxxxxxx
> xxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxx = xxxxxx
> xxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxx = xxxxxxx
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxx = xxxxxxxxxxx
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xx = xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - xxxxxxxx = xxxxxxxx

Solutions

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62 active golfers, 180 entries

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#31 - booom / @ateukme

08/20/2014 at 11:32PM

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#32 - Walker Boh / @walker_boh

11/26/2015 at 11:21AM

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#33 - oliver mueller / @marcontwit

07/25/2014 at 08:38AM

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#34 - Grigoriy Alexeev / @GrigoriyAlexeev

08/03/2014 at 12:27PM

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#35 - Marcin Szamotulski / @me_coot

07/27/2014 at 01:02AM

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#36 - Carlos López / @morrizon

07/26/2014 at 07:00PM

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#37 - Seth Rader / @f4uLT

08/13/2014 at 06:47PM

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#38 - April Gentle / @chen327684096

08/24/2014 at 03:38PM

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#39 - Adrien Canuel / @AdrienCanuel

11/20/2014 at 09:16AM

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#40 - Not real / @Notreal70353016

10/02/2018 at 07:42PM

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#41 - Heath Patterson / @HeathPatterson

07/25/2014 at 06:14PM

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#42 - Spy / @thatspysaspy

07/28/2014 at 05:37PM

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#43 - mevmev / @mevmev8

10/18/2020 at 07:55PM

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#44 - Ram Tamtam / @ramtamtamtam

07/25/2014 at 12:06PM

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#45 - Chris Yuen / @kizzx2

07/26/2014 at 11:58AM

30

#46 - Javier Blanco / @jbgutierrez

07/29/2014 at 10:06PM

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#47 - Tj / @yrddy

08/13/2014 at 06:19AM

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#48 - robinro / @robinro

08/19/2014 at 07:09AM

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#49 - Bill Booth / @ohiopyle

08/19/2014 at 08:16AM

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#50 - Dmitriy / @_dpy_

08/19/2014 at 06:12PM

30

#51 - eBrnd / @eBrnd

11/02/2014 at 09:15PM

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#52 - Lieven Keersmaekers / @LievenKeersmaek

07/27/2014 at 04:08PM

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#53 - madka / @lachrimae_pavan

08/03/2014 at 12:12PM

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#54 - Dario Avitabile / @tutticapaci

09/08/2014 at 01:17PM

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#55 - Kai Wood / @kwd_io

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#56 - Ricardo M. Vilchis / @ajkaanbal

07/25/2014 at 04:33PM

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#58 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

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#59 - Florian Duraffourg / @fduraffourg

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#60 - mindgitrwx / @mindgitrwx

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