Three art students used a total f 28 1/2 inches of string for an art project each student used 2 1/2 inches of string plus an additional 1 3/4 of string for each day rthey worked on the art project each student worked on the project the same number of days which equation could be used to find d the number of days the students worked on the art project

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the number of days that they worked on this art project be represented by x

We are told that:

Three art students used a total of 28 1/2 inches of string for an art project each student used 2 1/2 inches of string plus an additional 1 3/4 of string for each day rthey worked on the art project

For 1 student, let y represent the total number of inches of string used by each student

The Equation is given as:

2 1/2 + 1 3/4 x = y

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answer:

x - 3

discussion:

x^2 - 9 = (x-3) (x+3)   so

(x^2-9)/ (x + 3) = x-3

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mrb