At the beginning of a trick, a magician holds up a piece of rope. Then she removes 3.6 meters from one of the ends. The length of the remaining rope is 3.71 meters.

Question

(a)Let L be the length of the rope at the beginning of the trick (in meters). Write an equation that can be used to find L . First choose an appropriate form. Then fill in the blanks with the letter L and the numbers 3.6 and 3.71.

Answer 1

To find the length of the rope at the beginning of the trick, we can write an equation based on the information given.

Starting with the original length of the rope \( L \), when the magician removes 3.6 meters, the remaining length of the rope becomes 3.71 meters. The equation can be formulated as:

\[ L - 3.6 = 3.71 \]

So, the appropriate equation to find \( L \) is:

\[ L - 3.6 = 3.71 \]