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?
A) g + 20/4 = 24

B) 4g − 20 = 26

C) 1/4g + 20 = 26

D) 4g − 26 = 20

Answer 1

we are given that the English Aplhabet has 26 letters. we let g represent the number of letters in the Greek alphabet. From the statement given, English alphabet which is 26 = 20 + 1/4 *g. The expression which is similar to this is in option A. 1/4g + 20 = 26.