Solve the following problem. See Example.TV HISTORY There were 95 fewer episodes of I Love...

Solve the following problem. See Example.

TV HISTORY There were 95 fewer episodes of I Love Lucy made than episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies. If there are 274 episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies, how many episodes of I Love Lucy are there?

Example

Counting Calories A glass of nonfat milk has 63 fewer calories than a glass of whole milk. If a glass of whole milk has 146 calories, how many calories are there in a glass of nonfat milk?

Analyze

Form The word fewer indicates subtraction.

Caution! We must be careful when translating subtraction because order is important. Since the 146 calories in a glass of whole milk is to be made 63 calories fewer, we reverse those numbers as we translate from English words to math symbols.

Calculate Use vertical form to perform the subtraction:

State A glass of nonfat milk has 83 calories.

Check We can use addition to check.