Translate this sentence into an equation.

Question

40 is the difference of Gail's height and 14.
Use the variable g to represent Gail's height.

Answer 1

To translate the sentence into an equation, we can interpret it as follows:

The difference between Gail’s height (g) and 14 is equal to 40.

This can be expressed as:

g - 14 = 40

So the equation is: \[ g - 14 = 40 \]