SOLUTION: translate "the difference between a number and eight is fifteen" into an equation and solve.

Question 199180: translate "the difference between a number and eight is fifteen" into an equation and solve.
Found 2 solutions by mgmoeab, nitin.thacker:
Answer by mgmoeab(37) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The difference means subtraction.

*Let N be the number.
**The difference between THAT number and eight is 15 could be written as:
N - 8 = 15
Answer by nitin.thacker(3) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So what left is solution part
Add 8 on both side of the equation.
N - 8 + 8 = 15 + 8
This makes
N = 23
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