Question

Eliza is two years younger than half her brother, Juan’s age. Write an equation to represent Eliza’s age. If Juan is 6 how old is Eliza, show your work

Answer 1

x = Juan's age
y = Eliza's age

Some key words/phrases we can use to help us make the equation are:

-is (whatever comes after this word usually equals the end result, or what it equals)
-two years younger
-than
-half her brother's age
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just break it down :)

x/2 (half her brother's age) - 2 (two years younger) = y (Eliza is...)

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x/2 - 2 = y
So if Juan is 6, then we need to plug in 6 for x.

6/2 - 2 = y

3 - 2 = y

1 = y

ANSWER: Eliza is one year old.