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Mr. Chiarilli has lost 240 more hairs than Mr. Gelsomino has lost.

A Let g represent the number of hairs Mr. Gelsomino lost. Write an expression to represent
the number of hairs Mr. Chiarilli has lost.

Mr. Chiarilli has lost 240 more hairs than Mr. Gelsomino has lost. A Let g represent-example-1
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Let Mr Gelsomino lost g

Mr Chiarilli lost 240 more than g

so addition is to be used

  • g+240

or

  • 240+g

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Just opposite

Mr Gelsomino lost 240 less than c

  • c-240

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Answer:

Let g = number of hairs Mr. Gelsomino lost

Let c = number of hairs Mr. Chiarilli lost

Part (a)

If Mr. Chiarilli has lost 240 more hairs than Mr. Gelsomino lost, then the number of hairs Mr. Chiarilli has lost is:

240 + g

Part (b)

If Mr. Chiarilli has lost 240 more hairs than Mr. Gelsomino lost, then Mr. Gelsomino has lost:

c - 240

Part (c)

If Mr. Gelsomino has lost 60 hairs then:

⇒ 60 = c - 240

⇒ c = 60 + 240

⇒ c = 300

Therefore, Mr. Chiarilli has lost 300 hairs

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