Question

The United States won 63 gold medals at the Olympics. 12 of those were in swimming. Write an equation to express how many medals were won in sports other than swimming.

Answer 1

Let's assume

number of gold medals were won in sports other than swimming =x

we are given

total number of gold medals =63

number of gold medals in swimming =12

so,

total number of gold medals =number of gold medals in swimming+number of gold medals were won in sports other than swimming

so, we will get equation as

$63=12+x$

now, we can solve for x

$63-12=12+x-12$

$x=63-12$

so, equation is

$x=63-12$............Answer

Answer 2

63-12=51 other medals won In different sports