Question

1. Here is a hanger: a. Write an equation to represent the hanger. 2. b. Solve the equation by reasoning about the equation or the hanger. Explain your reasoning.

Answer 1

`2x+2x+2x+2x+2x=11`

The value of x is 1.1

Explanation:

Since the weight is equal, we can establish the following equality

`2x+2x+2x+2x+2x=11`

solving for x:

`\begin{gathered} 10x=11 \\ x=(11)/(10) \\ x=1.1 \end{gathered}`

Which means that each value of x is equal to 1.1