The width of a photograph is 4 centimeters more than three tenths of the length. If the width is 13 cm, what is the length?
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Explanation:
I will give the
There are two equations to be made from the given information. Here are a couple things to remember before I make the equations:
- The word "is" means "equals", so everywhere you see the word "is", you can use an
#=# sign. - "More than" means addition, and "less than" means subtraction. So you can use a
#+# sign and a#-# sign if you see those phrases. - "Three tenths" is the written out form of
#3/10# , so I will be using that in the equation.
So here are the phrases turned into equations:
Now put the value for
The photo is