Elementary Technical Mathematics

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1285199197
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-919-1

Chapter 6 - Section 6.5 - Translating Words into Algebraic Symbols - Exercises - Page 248: 7

Answer

$26 - x$

Work Step by Step

We can call our known number $x$. Since we are subtracting $x$ from 26, our algebraic expression would look like: $26 - x$
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