Question

While at the aquarium, Clara saw sharks swimming together. She noticed the 8-foot blacktip shark and a spinner shark were the lengths of the 14-foot hammerhead shark. Write and solve an equation to find the length of the spinner shark.

Answer 1

Answer:

Let spinner shark length be x

Blacktip shark length = 8 feet (given)

Hammerhead shark length = 14 feet (given)

Therefore,

8+x=14

x=14-8

x=6

Therefore, length of spinner shark is 6 feet