Question

The Mississippi River is about 8 times the length of the Hudson River. If the Hudson River is about 300 miles long, about many miles long is the Mississippi River? Write and solve an equation.

Answer 1

The equation is 8x
X is the Hudson
So it would be 300x8
The answer is 2400

Answer 2

8x=Length of mississippi river.
x = length of hudson river. (which is 300)
So 300x8=2400 Thus it is 2400 miles long.