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Equation Word Problems — Examples & Practice

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Sarah and Abby are competing against each other in several track and field events. Abby beat Sarah in triple jump and high jump. While Abby beat Sarah in long jump. Abby jumped $252$ inches which is $1.2$ times as far as Sarah. Write an equation to determine how far Sarah jumped.