Question

Lily is 5 inches shorter than Dan. If Dan is 67 inches tall, how tall is Lily?

Write an equation to model the problem using h for Lily’s height.

Answer 1

If Dan is 67 inches tall, and Lily is 5 inches shorter than Dan, then we can find Lily's height by subtracting 5 from Dan's height:

Lily's height = Dan's height - 5
Lily's height = 67 - 5
Lily's height = 62

Therefore, Lily is 62 inches tall.

To write an equation to model the problem using h for Lily's height, we can use the same formula:

h = Dan's height - 5

Substituting 67 for Dan's height, we get:

h = 67 - 5

Simplifying, we get:

h = 62

So the equation to model the problem is h = 62.