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Question
Complete the table and by inspection of the table, find the solution to the equation m + 10 = 16.
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m |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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m + 10 |
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Solution
For m + 10, the table can be constructed as follows.
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m |
m + 10 |
|
1 |
1 + 10 = 11 |
|
2 |
2 + 10 = 12 |
|
3 |
3 + 10 = 13 |
|
4 |
4 + 10 = 14 |
|
5 |
5 + 10 = 15 |
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6 |
6 + 10 = 16 |
|
7 |
7 + 10 = 17 |
|
8 |
8 + 10 = 18 |
|
9 |
9 + 10 = 19 |
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10 |
10 + 10 = 20 |
By inspection, we can find that m = 6 is the solution of the above equation as for m = 6, m + 10 = 6 + 10 = 16
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