n unknown number y is 10 more than an unknown number x. The number y is also x less than 3. The equations to find x and y are shown below. y = x + 10 y = −x + 3 Which of the following statements is a correct step to find x and

Mrs. avila is buying a wallpaper border to go on all of her kitchen walls. she wants to buy 5 extra feet of wallpaper border than she needs to be sure she has enough. she buys 55.5 feet of the border. the store owner selling the border uses the width of mrs. avila's kitchen to determine that the length of her kitchen must be 14.5 feet.