Question

Five times the height of a kakapo bird minus 70 is the height of an emu. If the height of the emu is 60 inches, write and solve an equation to find the height of a kakapo bird. Question 1 options: 32 inches 28 inches 22 inches 26 inches

Answer 1

D) 26 inches

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To find the height of a kakapo bird, we can set up an equation using the given information.

Let's call the height of the kakapo bird 'x'.

According to the problem, 5 times the height of the kakapo bird minus 70 is equal to the height of an emu which is 60 inches.

So the equation becomes:

• 5x - 70 = 60

To solve for 'x', we can isolate it by adding 70 to both sides of the equation:

• 5x = 60 + 70

Simplifying gives us:

• 5x = 130

Finally, we can solve for 'x' by dividing both sides of the equation by 5:

• x = 130 / 5
• x = 26

Therefore, the height of the kakapo bird is 26 inches.