A gardener measures the tallest of his prize-winning sunflowers and finds that the height is 60 in. The sunflower was 52 in. tall the last time the gardener measured it. Write and solve an equation to find how many inches the sunflower grew.

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jhannybean · Answer

Are you just trying to find the difference of it's growth?

jhannybean · Answer

Just subtract the larger amount from the smaller one to find the difference. 

60 in - 52 in = ?

anonymous · Answer

That is what I thought. I chose g + 52 = 60; g = 8.