QuestionQuestion Translate and solve: The difference of and is .
Studdy Solution
STEP 1
What is this asking? We need to find a number such that when we subtract from it, we get . Watch out! Don't mix up "difference" with "sum"! "Difference" means subtraction, while "sum" means addition.
STEP 2
1. Set up the equation
2. Solve for
STEP 3
Alright, let's **translate** the words into math!
The problem says "The difference of and is ." "Difference" means subtraction, so we're subtracting from .
STEP 4
This gives us the equation: Boom! We've got our equation!
STEP 5
Now, we want to get by itself.
To do that, we need to add to **both sides** of the equation.
Remember, what we do to one side, we *must* do to the other to keep things balanced!
STEP 6
So, we have:
STEP 7
On the left side, and add to zero, leaving just .
Awesome!
STEP 8
On the right side, we have .
Since the **denominators** are the same, we can just add the **numerators**: .
So, .
STEP 9
Now we have: But is the same as dividing 3 by 3, which equals **1**!
STEP 10
So, our **final answer** is:
STEP 11
We found that .
Was this helpful?