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In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech with the words "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation."  The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.


a. Using the dates given, write and solve an equation that will calculate the number of years in a score.


The number of years in a score would be .


b. How many score would represent 60 years?


 score would represent 60 years

 Jan 26, 2015

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Let S be the number of years in a score....so we have

1963 - 1863 = 5S    simplify

100 = 5S       divide both sides by 5

20 = S     ...  thus, there are 20 years in a score

 

And   60 / 20  = 3 score

 

 Jan 26, 2015
 #1
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Best Answer

Let S be the number of years in a score....so we have

1963 - 1863 = 5S    simplify

100 = 5S       divide both sides by 5

20 = S     ...  thus, there are 20 years in a score

 

And   60 / 20  = 3 score

 

CPhill Jan 26, 2015

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