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The Adventure Club has scheduled a trip to hike a nearby mountain. Since the group started hiking, they gained 456 feet in altitude from their start position. The current altitude is 437 feet, but there is no record of their starting altitude.write a equation to represent this situation Explain what your variable representssolve your equation please someone help me ill give you a star anything please ♡

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Let h be the altitude of the starting position.

Since the group has gained 456 feet from the start position, then the current altitude is:

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