Question

Rajiv has x marbles. He gave 32 to Alan and he now has 128 marbles'. Write an algebraic expression to represent the statement

Answer 1

Given,

The total number of marble Rajiv have is x.

The number of marble gave to alan is 32.

The Number of marble Alan left is 128.

The algebric expression of the statement is,

$\begin{gathered} x=32+128 \\ 128=x-32 \end{gathered}$

Hence, the algebric expression of statement is 128 = x - 32.