Question

Jasmine is 23 yrs old. Jasmine is 3 yrs less then half the age of George's age. Write and solve an equation to find George's age.

Answer 1

the unknown here is George's age.

so let's represent his age by x.

how would you write "half of George's age" is we said George's age was "x"?

Answer 2

23 * 2

Answer 3

if she's half george's age

Answer 4

it has to be in terms of "x".

how would you write "half of George's age" is we said George's age was "x"?