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Question

Write an algebraic expression that represents the quantity.

Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated 60 years after Thomas Jefferson. Barack Obama was inaugurated 208 years after Jefferson. Write algebraic expressions to represent the year of inauguration of each of these presidents.

Jefferson: x

Answer 1

x = 1801 when Jefferson became president

x + 60 = 1861 when Lincoln moved into the White House

x + 208 = 2009 when Obama was innaugerated