Given:
Victoria has 9.7 more feet of rope than Gerri. Victoria has 35.3 feet of rope.
Required:
To find the equation and solution represent the number of feet of rope.
Explanation:
Let x be the Gerri rope.
Victoria has 9.7 more feet of rope than Gerri.
[tex]9.7+x[/tex]Victoria has 35.3 feet of rope,
[tex]\begin{gathered} 9.7+x=35.3 \\ x=35.3-9.7 \\ x=25.6 \end{gathered}[/tex]Final Answer:
The third option is correct.
[tex]\begin{gathered} x+9.7=35.3 \\ x=25.6 \end{gathered}[/tex]