Elementary Algebra

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285194055
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-405-9

Chapter 2 - Real Numbers - 2.5 - Translating from English to Algebra - Problem Set 2.5 - Page 81: 39

Answer

$45+n$

Work Step by Step

Let us call the other number $z$. Since the difference of the two numbers is $45$, and the word "difference" indicates subtraction, we can write the following equation: $z-n=45$ We must solve the equation for $z$. To do so, we add $n$ to each side of the equation: $z=n+45$ Since the number we want to find is equal to $z$, the number is $45+n$
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