Question

Marcus throws a ball 8.7 meters. Chloe needs to throw her ball 3.8 meters more than her first throw to reach Marcus’s ball. How far did she throw the first ball? Solve the equation x+3.8=8.7
using inverse operations.(1 point)

Answer 1

To solve the equation x + 3.8 = 8.7 using inverse operations, we want to isolate the variable x on one side of the equation.

First, we can subtract 3.8 from both sides of the equation to eliminate the constant term on the left side of the equation:

x + 3.8 - 3.8 = 8.7 - 3.8

This simplifies to:

x = 4.9

Therefore, Chloe threw her first ball 4.9 meters.