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

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Surendrapanday · Answer 1 · 2023-02-23T10:57:32+0000

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

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