Let's break this up:
let x = the number
"when I triple my number" is the same as
3x
"and add five" is the same as
+5
We combine it to get
3x+5
"I get twenty-six"
=26
combine to get
3x+5=26
Now we just solve:
subtract 5 from both sides to get
3x=21
divide by 3 to get
x=7
Myles ran 2 times what alison ran:
2x21 = 42
Hector ran 5 times as many miles as Myles:
42x5 = 210
therefore Hector ran 210 miles.
Can you post the picture or the wall shape?
Is it a decimal ? or a whole number ?
if it is a decimal , the value is 8 tenths
if it’s a whole number , the value is 8 tens
hope this helped
