Part A

Priya's favorite gorillas are a mother named Sophia and her baby. The zoo attendant said that Sophia weighs 8 pounds more than 5 times her

baby's weight. To determine the baby gorilla's weight, Priya can use the equation 5a + 8 = 318, where a Is the weight of the baby gorilla. Plug the

weight of each gorilla into the equation to check which value makes the equation true.