Question

Tia has a goldfish pond in her backyard. She has a white goldfish that is 11 inches long. This is 3 inches

more than twice the length of her orange goldfish. This relationship can be represented by the equation,
where xis the length of the orange goldfish, in inches. Write the equation.

Answer 1

The orange goldfish is 25 inches long

Explanation:

Sorry I hope my answer makes sense, his question was a lil hard to read

2 x 11 = 22 + 3= 25

Answer 2

• 2x + 3 = 11

Explanation:

Given:

• orange goldfish = x
• white goldfish = 11 inches

Relationship:

• white goldfish is 3 inches more than twice the length of orange goldfish:

Equation:

• 2x + 3 = 11