Jordan lives seventeen miles away from school. This is one more mile than four times the distance Sally lives from school. How many miles does Sally live from school?

To me it gives you all the information needed to anwser the question without using an x. the anwser would be Sally lives 4 miles away. that is because if you take jordan (17) and subtract 1 (because he lives 1 more then 4 times as far) (16) (now you have exactly 4 times as far as sally) and divide by 4 (that gives you where sally is) (4) that is the anwser for Sally.

varshamittal029 varshamittal029 · Answer 2 · 2022-06-25T07:15:57+02:00

Sally lives 4 miles away from home.

What is a linear equation in one variable?

A straight line is represented by a linear equation, an algebraic equation. Constants and variables make up linear equations. These equations are first-order, meaning they have a power of 1 as their highest degree of complexity.

The solution to the problem

Let the distance of sally be 'x'.

As we are said that Jordan lives 1 more than 4 times the distance sally does

we can say Jordan lives 4x+1 distance away,

We are given Jordon lives 17 miles away and is equal to 4x+1

Hence 4x+1 = 17

Subtracting 1 on both sides

4x= 16

Dividing by 4 into both sides

x = 4

Hence Sally lives 4 miles away from school.

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