Question

Halfway through a bus route, 23 students have been dropped off and 48 students remain on thr bus. write an equation to determine wether there are 61 or 71 students on the bus at the beginning of the route.

Answer 1

X - 23 = 48

X being the amount of students on the bus at the beginning subtract the 23 students that have been dropped of to get the 48 students that remain in the bus.