Question

Write an equation for this situation Matt ran 38 more miles than Lea last week. Matt ran 45 miles. How many miles did Lea run?

Answer 1

Ok, so

Given that:

Matt ran 38 more miles than Lea last week. Matt ran 45 miles. How many miles did Lea run?

Let the miles that Lea ran be "x".

We know that Matt ran 45 miles and he ran 38 more miles than Lea, then, we can write this situation as:

`45=38+x`

So, that's our equation.

To solve it, w