Question

The east side of Mrs. Hammond's ranch is 455 meters longer than the west side. The west side is 2.7 kilometers long. The east side is how many kilometers long?

Answer 1

`x = 455 +y`

And we know that the value for the west side is
`y = 2.7 Km = 2700m`

So then if we solve for x from the last equation we got:

`x= 455+2700 m = 3155m`

So then the east side is about
`3155 m *(1Km)/(1000m)= 3.155 km` long

Explanation:

For this problem we know that the east side of Mrs. Hammond's ranch is 455 meters longer than the west side. Let's say that the east side is x and the west is y so we have this formula:

`x = 455 +y`

And we know that the value for the west side is
`y = 2.7 Km = 2700m`

So then if we solve for x from the last equation we got:

`x= 455+2700 m = 3155m`

So then the east side is about
`3155 m *(1Km)/(1000m)= 3.155 km` long