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Jerry started doing sit-ups every day. The first day he did 19 sit-ups. Every day after that he did 4 more sit-

ups than he had done the previous day. Today Jerry did 81 sit-ups. Write an equation that could be solved
to find the number of days Jerry has been doing sit-ups, not counting the first day. Let n represent the
number of days.
An equation that can help Jerry to find the number of days he has been dolng sit-ups is given by

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Answer:

81 - 19 = 62 ÷ 4 = 15.5 days (?)

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