Question

josh is 6cm taller than penny. if their total height id 322cm, how tall is penny

Answer 1

Answer :

• 316 cm

Given :

• Josh is 6cm taller than Penny.
• Total height of Josh and Penny = 322cm.

To find :

• how tall is Penny?

Solution :

⇒ Let's find the height of Penny. Let the height of Penny be x.

• Here, we are using Transposing method.

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• Total Height = 322 cm
• Height of Penny = 6cm taller than Josh.

→ x + 6 = 322 cm

→ x = 322 - 6 [Using subtraction]

→ x = 316

→ x = 316 cm

• Therefore, height of penny is 316 cm.