Question

The school band has d drummers and 5violinists. There are 2 more violinists thandrummers. Which of the followingequations represents the situation?

Answer 1

If X represents the drummers and Y represents the violinists.

You have Y= 5 violinists and X= d drummers.

You know that there are two more violinists that drumers, you can symbolize it as X= Y-2 = 5-2= 3

There are d= 5-2=3 drummers.