Question

The area of Cape Canaveral National Seashore in Florida is about 57662 acres. That is about 72772 acres less than the area of Padre Island National Seashore in Texas. What is the area of Padre Island National Seashore?

Answer 1

`"130434 acre"`

Explanation:

Let Area of Padre Island National Seashore be `A`

Then, according to question

`A - "72772 acre" = "57662 acre"`

Add `color(blue)("72772 acre")` on both the sides

`A - "72772 acre" + "72772 acre" = "57662 acre" + "72772 acre"`

`A = "57662 acre" + "72772 acre"`

`A = "130434 acre"`

Answer 2

`57662+72772=130,434` acres

Explanation:

Since we know the area of Cape Canaveral (57,662 acres) and the amount that it is smaller by than Padre Island (72,772 acres), we can add the two areas to find the area of Padre Island:

`57662+72772=130,434` acres