The sum of a number and 32 is 43. What is the number?

2 Answers
Mar 2, 2018

Here you can apply the simplest algebric procedure,

Let,the number be #x#,

so,as given, we can write, #x+32=43#

So, #x=11#

Mar 2, 2018

The number is 11

Explanation:

Algebraically, the question is #x+32=43#. We can rearrange this by subtracting 32 from both sides to get #x=43-32#, which is 11.