Write the following sentence as an equation. Use x to represent "a number."
a number subtracted from -69 amounts to 101.
the equation is ?
-69 - x = 101
To write the given sentence as an equation, we can begin by expressing "a number subtracted from -69" using the variable x.
The phrase "a number subtracted from -69" can be written as -69 - x.
Next, we can use the phrase "amounts to 101" to create the second part of the equation.
The phrase "amounts to" implies an equal sign, so we can write "amounts to 101" as = 101.
Putting it all together, the equation can be written as:
-69 - x = 101