Problema Solution
At the first track meet, Bobby threw the shot put 42 feet. At the second track meet he threw the shot put feet.
Which of the following expressions could be used to find the distance he improved his throw from the first track meet to the second track meet?
Answer provided by our tutors
the problem statement is ambiguous because no value is provided for Bobby's second track meet; if we let 'x' represent how far he threw the shot on the second track meet, then the following expression would provide an answer (if that information was available):
42-x