28. A gardener measures the tallest of his prize-winning sunflowers and finds that the height is 60 in. The sunflower was 52 in. tall the last time the gardener measured it. Write and solve an equation to find how many inches the sunflower grew.

x = h2 - h1

x is the amount grown. h1 and h2 are the first and second measured heights.

60-52=8 inches grown

To find how many inches the sunflower grew, we need to calculate the difference between its current height and its previous height. We can do this by subtracting the previous height from the current height.

Let's represent the current height of the sunflower as 'h' and the previous height as 'p', in inches. According to the problem, the current height (h) is 60 inches, and the previous height (p) is 52 inches.

The equation to find how much the sunflower grew can be written as:

h - p = growth

Substituting the given values, we have:

60 - 52 = growth

Simplifying the equation:

8 = growth

Therefore, the sunflower grew by 8 inches.