Question

The distance from the microphone to the acoustic guitar sound hole is about 11 inches less then what it should be. Write an equation that models this situation

Answer 1

x - 11 = y The distance between the acoustic guitar and sound hole is represented by y. The distance that the microphone should be from the acoustic guitar is represented by x. Since the guitar is supposed to be x distance from the microphone to the acoustic guitar but it is not, it is 11 inches less than what it should be. So 11 inches less than would be shown as - 11. You could also represent this with.... y + 11 = x x - y = 11

Answer 2

Answer:
equation is: actual distance = x - 11 inches

Explanation:
Assume that the distance between the microphone and the acoustic guitar should be x.
We are given that the actual distance is 11 inches less that the supposed distance.
This means that we will subtract 11 from the supposed distance "x" to get the actual distance.
The equation will be:
actual distance = x - 11 inches

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