Question

Dave's favorite baseball team has won 10 fewer games than Kimiko's favorite baseball team. Write an algebraic expression for the number of games Dave's favorite team has won. Be sure to induct what variable is your expression represents.

Answer 1

Let x be the variable, and the unknown that gives the number of games Dave's favorite team has won.

Let y be the variable that express the number of games Kimiko's favorite baseball team has won.

Since Dave's favorite baseball team has won 10 games less than Kimiko's favorite baseball team, we can express this situation this way :

y - 10 = x

y = x+10