The total number of bears in the park during Year 2 is 42. Write and solve a

Question

linear equation to determine how many bears were in the park during Year
1. Explain the answer.

Answer 1

Let's denote the number of bears in the park during Year 1 as x.

During Year 1, there were x bears in the park.
During Year 2, there were 42 bears in the park.

We know that the total number of bears in the park increased by 6 bears from Year 1 to Year 2.

Therefore, we can write the equation:
x + 6 = 42

To solve for x, we need to isolate x on one side of the equation:
x = 42 - 6
x = 36

So, there were 36 bears in the park during Year 1.