Question

MacKenzie has 46.13 less than taylor. how would you show how much money MacKenzie has?

Answer 1

Step 1

Let Mackenzie have x

and Taylor have y

Then, since Mackenzie has 46.13 less than Taylor,

$x=y-46.13$

Therefore, to show how much money Mackenzie has we will use the equation;

$\begin{gathered} x=y-46.13 \\ \text{Remember Mackenzie had \ x } \\ \text{Taylor had \ y} \\ \text{Mackenzie's money is less than Taylor's money by \ 46.13} \\ So\text{ we take away \ 46.13 from Taylor's money to get that of Mackenzie} \end{gathered}$

Answer;

$\begin{gathered} \text{Mackenzie's money(x)=Taylor's money (y)-46.13} \\ x=y-46.13 \end{gathered}$