Question

Question:

An emperor penguin is 45 inches tall. It is 24 inches taller than a rockhopper penguin. Write and solve an equation to find the height
(in inches) of a rockhopper penguin. Is your answer reasonable? Explain.

What's the equation to the solution?

Answer 1

if the rockhopper penguin is 24 inches shorter then you take the height of the emperor penguin ( 45 inches tall.)

then you take 45-24 which is 21

Answer the rockhopper penguin is 21 inches tall