Question

Bryan has 29 less sheets of paper in his notebook than Cabell. The equation that represents this situation is b=c−29 , where c represents the amount of paper in Cabell's notebook and b represents the amount of paper in Bryan's notebook. If Bryan has 543 sheets of paper in his notebook, how many sheets does Cabell have?

Answer 1

Substitute the given information.
543 = c - 29
572 = c . . . . . . add 29

Cabel has 572 sheets of paper.