Why can you write a subtraction problem as an addition problem? how do you write a subtraction problem as an addition problem?

Aremote-controlled boat can travel at 4 feet per second in calm water. the boat traveled 48 feet with the current, and then it traveled 16 feet against the current in the same amount of time. how fast is the current?

Julie begins counting backwards from 1000 by 2’s and at the same time tony begins counting forward from 100 by 3’s.   if they count at the same rate, what number will they say at the same time?

If wxyz is a square, which statements must be true? plz < 3