Lol help me :0 Company Employees attended a year end banquet. 43of the quests ordered chicken, while 12 more of them ordered steak and 9 fewer ordered seafood. How many quests attended the banquet?

I did 43+12-9 which = 46
But tbh I think i might be completely wrong. This is for Algebra 2 so why would a teacher give me this easy of a question. I'm also just thinking not to smart LOL please help

Gexpressions: practice question 3 of 5 jackson wants to study the popularity of his music video by tracking the number of views the video gets on his website. the expression below represents the total number of views that jackson's video receives n days after he begins tracking the nu views, where b is the rate at which the number of views changes. alb)" select the statement that would accurately describe the effect of tripling a, the initial number of views before jackson beginst the rate at which the number of views changes, b, will triple. the total number of views the video has after n days, a(b)", will not change. the total number of days since jackson begins tracking views, n, will be reduced by one-third. the total number of views the video has after n days, alb)", will triple. submit