A new born infant usually triples its weight by its first birthday. Baby Carter weighed 28 pounds on his first birthday. if this were triple his birth weight (b),which equation below-birth weight?
(1) b/3= 28
(2) b-3=28
(3) 3b=28
(4) b+3=28
(5) 3(b+3)=28
I believe my answer that I figured is #1 ?? am I right
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1) can't be right. If his birth weight was 9 pounds, then 9/3 = 3
hummm ok let me try something different Ms. Sue
OK Ms. Sue this one is really giving me trouble
but I'm thinking it might be #5 ??
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