SOLUTION: 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 Em

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Question 927694: 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.
b. How many score would represent 60 years?
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martin gave his speech in 1963.
abraham signed the emancipation proclamation in 1863.
that was 100 years ago.
5 score equals 100 years.
divide both side of this equation by 5 and you get:
1 score equals 20 years.
60 years would represent 3 score.