Five times Kim's age plus 13 equals 58. How old is Kim?
Let Kim's age be a. We have:
Five times Kim's age:
5a
Plus 13 means we add 13
5a + 13
Equals 58 means we set the expression 5a + 13 equal to 58
5a + 13 = 58 <-- This is our algebraic expression
To solve this equation for a, we type it into our search engine and get:
a = 9
Let Kim's age be a. We have:
Five times Kim's age:
5a
Plus 13 means we add 13
5a + 13
Equals 58 means we set the expression 5a + 13 equal to 58
5a + 13 = 58 <-- This is our algebraic expression
To solve this equation for a, we type it into our search engine and get:
a = 9