Last year, Mark was 46 inches tall. This year, Mark's height is 3 inches less than Pter's height. Peter is 51 inches tall. How tall is Mark? Write an equation to represent the situation. Then solve the equation.
Answer: 51-3=I I=48 inches tall
I=number of inches
Did I do this correct?
m = p - 3 = 51 - 3 = 48
yes, you did it right.
Either the question was meant to be confusing or the person who wrote the question never asked the more complicated question he/she had in mind :)
Thank you, Damon!
51-3=48 inches tall
48 inches tall is tour answer
48
Yes, you did it correctly! To solve this problem, you correctly set up an equation.
Let's go through the steps:
1. First, you correctly identified that Mark's height this year is 3 inches less than Peter's height, which is 51 inches. So, Mark's height can be represented by 51 - 3 = I.
2. You assigned the variable "I" to represent the number of inches of Mark's height.
3. Next, you simplified the equation by subtracting 3 from 51, which gives you I = 48.
So, the correct answer is that Mark is 48 inches tall.
Well done!