Question

Sydney is 8 years less than twice Steven’s age what is the algebraic expression.

Answer 1

2s - 8

Explanation:

sydney is 8 years LESS than TWICE stevens age.

let’s turn stevens age into a variable... s. the variable will be s. so sydney’s age is 8 years less than TWICE stevens age. so lets start with the twice stevens age..

since there is an easy way to make that part of the equation, let’s just put it as 2s. then we have to take sydney’s age as 8 years less than twice stevens. so that would be - 8. so if you add those 2 parts together, you get the equation 2s - 8.

So overall the proper equation will be 2s - 8.