Write an equation to represent the following statement.
is less than .
<u> </u><u />
Solve for .
<u> 48</u>
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First, make the statement into an equation:
33 is 15 less than <em>k</em>.
"is" usually means "<em>equal to</em><em>"</em>
"<em>less than</em>" means "<em>subtraction, or minus</em>"
So, to change it, we can make it like this:
33 <em>equals</em> 15 <em>subtracted from</em> <em>k </em>
Now, just make it into an equation:
33 equals 15 subtracted from <em>k </em>⇒
(since we are subtracting 15 from whatever <em>k</em> is, we put <em>k </em>first.
Your equation is
Now, solve.
To solve, we are going to reverse it, and instead of <em>subtracting </em>15 from <em>k</em>, we are going to <em>add</em> 15 to 33.
So, our equation will look like this:
Now, just add 33 and 15 to find <em>k</em>.
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