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61 is the difference between Carlos's age and 23. How do you write this as an equation?

Answer 1

#a# represents Carlos's age
#a-23=61#

"61 is" signifies that one part of the equation must be #61=#. The difference between two numbers is the first number (in this case, Carlos's age) subtracted by the second number (23). Thus, #61=a-23#.

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Answer 2

Julia Adams

The equation representing the statement "61 is the difference between Carlos's age and 23" is ( C - 23 = 61 ), where ( C ) represents Carlos's age.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.