Question

A problem states: "There are 2 more horses than cows in a field. There are 16 animals in the field in all. How many horses are there in the field?"

Let h represent the number of horses.

Which equation represents the situation?




2h + 2 = 16

h + 2 = 16

2(h+2)=16

2h−2=16

Answer 1

Correct choice is D

Explanation:

Let h represent the number of horses. If there are 2 more horses than cows in a field, then (h-2) represent the number of cows. In total there are h+(h-2) animals. It is known that there are 16 animals in the field in all, then

h+h-2=16,

2h-2=16.