Question

the band has a total of 152 members. some of the members are in the marching band, and the rest are in the concert band. Write an equation that models how many marching band members M there are if there are c concert band members.

Answer 1

Here is the equation represented by the situation.

M = 152 - c

You have a total number of band members. If you take away the number of concert band members, the remaining would be the number of marching band members.