Question

A problem states: "There are 2 more horses than cows in a field. There are 16 animals in the field in all. How many horses are there in the field?"

Let h represent the number of horses.

Which equation represents the situation?




2h−2=16

h + 2 = 16

2(h+2)=16

2h + 2 = 16 do this 4 my lil bro

Answer 1

The correct answer is 2h-2= 16.

The reason is because if there are 2 more horses that cows that is the same things as saying there are 2 less cows than horses. So, of you double the number of horses and take away 2 (for the 2 less cows) you are representing all the animals.

Answer 2

2h - 2 = 16.

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