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Henry is 4 years younger than Linda. Linda is 20 years old. After correctly carrying out the Solve step of the five-step problem-solving plan, which solution should you arrive at to find Henry’s age?

User Kurt
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L = 20
H = L - 4
H = 20 - 4
H = 16
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User Saccodd
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Step-by-step explanation: Ok lets go step by step then.

Hery is 4 years younger tha linda, that means that if H is henry's ange and L linda's age.

L - H = 4.

and Linda has 20 years, so:

20 - H = 4

if we subtract 20 of each side of the equation we get:

-H = 4 - 20 = -16

If we multiply by -1, so we have positive numbers in both sides.

H = 16.

so Henry is 16 years old.

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