Sam is 10 years younger than one-half the age of his aunt. Let a represent his aunt’s age. Which shows his aunt’s age written as

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2 years ago

5

an algebraic expression and Sam’s age if his aunt is 40?
Sam is 2 years old
Sam is 6 years old
Sam is 10 years old
Sam is 30 years old

2 answers:

mezya [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-10T11:31:51+03:00

mezya [45]2 years ago

8 0

Sam is 10.
40=(1/2) + 10
40*.5 =20
20 - 10 = 10

wariber [46] · Answer 2 · 2022-09-10T09:52:30+03:00

3 0

Sam is 10 years old because 20 is half of 40 and 20 subtract 10 is 10