Question

A day on Pluto is 143.4 hours longer than a

day on one of the planets listed in the table. The equation
153.3-p=143.4 gives the length in hours p of a day on
the planet. What is the length of a storm that lasts of a
day on this planet?

Answer 1

The equation 153.3-p=143.4 gives the length in hours, p, of a day on the planet, so to find p we can add 143.4 to both sides of the equation:

153.3 - p + 143.4 = 143.4 + 143.4

This simplifies to:

153.3 = 286.8

So, p = 153.3 hours.

A day on this planet is 153.3 hours long, so a storm that lasts a day on this planet would last 153.3 hours.