The first one is the correct answer due to 4 is the initial height of the plaint and 0.75 are inches that being added every week
The answer is ...............47.4
The easy thing to do is eliminate x by subtraction
x + 7y = 24
- x - 9y = -24
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16y = 48
now solve for y and then substitute the value into either original equation to find x
If it takes Tim 2 hours to drive to the campground and it takes 3 times more long then driving to the campground. Then all you have to do is 3 multiplied by 2 and then your answer would be 6 hours.
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