Question

There are 15 violinists in the orchestra this year. Next year, two violinists will leave and some new violinists will join the orchestra. If v is the number of violinists who will join the orchestra, write an expression to represent the number of violinists in the orchestra next year.

Answer 1

(15-2)+v=x would be one way that you could put your answer!

Answer 2

13+v=x
This is the easy way I know. I hope I helped.