An emperor penguin is 45 inches tall. It is 24 inches taller than a rockhopper penguin. Write and solve an equation to find the

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An emperor penguin is 45 inches tall. It is 24 inches taller than a rockhopper penguin. Write and solve an equation to find the

height of a rockhopper penguin. Is your answer reasonable? Explain. If anyone can help ASAP that would be greatly appriciated

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2 answers:

ValentinkaMS [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-03T22:28:09+03:00

Because the emperor penguin is 24 inches taller than the rockhopper, we use the equation 45 - 24 = r. (r is a variable for rockhopper penguin.)

Solve 42 - 24 = r
18 = r therefore, the height of the rockhopper is 18 inches.

We can check our answers. 24 + 18 is the height if the emperor, which is 45 inches.

jarptica [38.1K] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-04T00:49:08+03:00

Answer:

The height of the rockhopper penguin be 21 inches .

Step-by-step explanation:

As given in the question be as follow .

An emperor penguin is 45 inches tall.

It is 24 inches taller than a rockhopper penguin.

Let us assume that the height of the rockhopper penguin be x .

Equation becomes

Emperor penguin height = Rockhopper penguin + x

45 = 24 + x

x = 45 - 24

x = 21 inches

Threrefore the height of the rockhopper penguin be 21 inches .