Hope made 3 different yo-yo's. She used 1 3/4 meters of string for the first yo-yo, 1 meter of string for the second yo-yo, a total of 4 1/3 meters of string. Hope uses the equation 1 3/4+1+y=4 1/3 to represent the situation. What does the variable y represent in the equation

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Olive Leonard

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6 January, 11:34

Hope made 3 different yo-yo's. She used 1 3/4 meters of string for the first yo-yo, 1 meter of string for the second yo-yo, a total of 4 1/3 meters of string. Hope uses the equation 1 3/4+1+y=4 1/3 to represent the situation. What does the variable y represent in the equation

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Elizabeth Holloway · Answer 1

Variable y would represent the amount of string used for the third yo-yo. You would use this equation to isolate y and figure out how much string was used on the third yo-yo