Question

Jon has two trees in his yard. One is 29 feet taller than the other. If we let h be the height of the shorter tree, write an algebraic expression for the sum of the two trees’ heights. Be sure to simplify your expression.

Answer 1

h + h + 29

This will be simplified into 2h + 29

The shorter tree's height is represented with the variable 'h'

Because the taller tree is 29 feet taller, the equation for the taller tree would be 'h + 29'

SInce we're looking for the sum, all you have to do is add 'h' and 'h + 29'

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-T.B.