Problema Solution

Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first airplane in 1903. Wibur's flight was 111 meters. This was 36 meters longer than Orville's flight. Write an equation to represent the flights. Use a bar diagram if needed. Then solve to find the length of Orville's flight

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Let 'x' represent the length of Orville's flight.

x + 36 = 111

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x = 75 m

The length of Orville's flight was 75 meters.