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Write an equation to find the number of hours it will take Paulina to complete her math homework assignment.

Paulina has completed 24 of the 42 math problems she was assigned for homework. She plans to finish her homework by completing 9
math problems each hour h.

User Bikram Kc
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Answer: 2 Hours

Explanation:

Let x be the number of hours she is going to take to complete the remaining questions


9x=42-24\\9x=18\\x=18/9\\x=2\\\\

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