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Mary is two inches more than half as tall as John. Translate the sentence into an equation using M to represent Mary height and J to represent john height
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Mary is two inches more than half as tall as John. Translate the sentence into an equation using M to represent Mary height and J to represent john height

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M(2)+2=J
Mary is half the height so multiply by 2 then add the extra 2 inches
Ex: 38inches(2)+2=78inches
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