Rosa bought the drawings to an art show I just sold 17 of them had 22 left identify the equation that represents this situation and the correct solution

Question

Rosa bought the drawings to an art show I just sold 17 of them had 22 left identify the equation that represents this situation and the correct solution

Answer 1

Let x = number of painting brought to the art show:

 

Then, x - 17 = 22

 

Therefore, she started with 39 paintings.