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A sunflower grows at 1/4 foot per week. When it was planted in the ground it was 2 feet tall. If the sunflower is currently 8 feet tall, write and solve two step equation to determine the age of weeks
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A sunflower grows at 1/4 foot per week. When it was planted in the ground it was 2 feet tall. If the sunflower is currently 8 feet tall, write and solve two step equation to determine the age of weeks of the sunflower. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME! MY BRAIN IS NOT WORKING!!!!

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Answer:

16 weeks old

Explanation:

Let x represent age of the flower in weeks.

x/4 + 2 = 8

x = 24 weeks

The flower would be 16 weeks old to be 8 feet tall.

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