Question

Examine the picture below. What is your answer?

Provide an explanation for how you determined your answer.

Answer 1

4

Explanation:

4 because you can write the problem as 2e+4h=12h then you subtract 4h from both sides and get 2e=8h then you divide by 2 to get e=4 so one elephant is as strong as 4 horses

h=horses

e=elephant

Answer 2

4 horses

Explanation:

There are 2 elephants and 4 horses on one side. On the other, there are 12 horses. You can cancel 4 horses so now it's 2 elephants and 8 horses. To get the first side (2 elephants) to turn into one elephant, you need to divide by 2. So now, it is 1 elephant = 4 horses.