Question

In a recent year, 57 million American adults read online blogs. However, 45 fewer American adults say they maintain their own blog. Write and solve an equation to find the amount of Americans who maintain their own blog.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's denote the number of American adults who read online blogs as "R" and the number of American adults who maintain their own blogs as "M". According to the information given:

R = 57 million

M = R - 45

We can substitute the value of R into the second equation:

M = 57 million - 45

M = 56,955,000

So, there are approximately 56,955,000 American adults who maintain their own blog.