In a recent year the annual salary of the governor of New York was 179000 during the same year the annual salary of the governor of Tennessee was 94000 less write and solve an equation it to find the?

Let ( x ) represent the annual salary of the governor of Tennessee. According to the problem, the governor of Tennessee's salary is $94,000 less than that of the governor of New York, which is $179,000. This can be expressed as the equation:

[ x = 179,000 - 94,000 ]

Solving this gives:

[ x = 85,000 ]

Thus, the annual salary of the governor of Tennessee is $85,000.