Question

Translate the word phrase into an algebraic equation and solve: the difference of x and fourteen is three.Provide your answer below:x=2

Answer 1

The statement "the difference of x and fourteen is three" can be written mathematically as:

`x-14=3`

To solve the equation, we add 14 to both sides of the equation:

`\begin{gathered} x-14+14=3+14 \\ x=17 \end{gathered}`

The value o