Question

The English Alphabet has 20 letters more than one-fourth the number of letters in the Greek Alphabet. The English Alphabet has 26 letters. Which of the following equations would you use to find the number of letters, g, in the Greek Alphabet?

Answer 1

English Alphabet = e
Greek Alphabet = g

The English Alphabet has 20 letters more than one-fourth the numbers of letters in the greek alphabet: 1/4g + 20 = e

The English has 26 letters.

Plug in 26 for e

1/4g + 20 = 26

Isolate the g, do the opposite of PEMDAS. Note the equal sign. What you do to one side you do to the other.

Subtract 20 from both sides

1/4g + 20 (-20) = 26 (-20)

1/4g = 26 - 20

1/4g = 4

Multiply 4 to both sides to isolate the g

1/4(4)g = 4(4)

g = 4(4)

g = 16

The Greek Alphabet has 16 letters


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