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

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.

Ithink you're supposed to multiply 12.50 which is how much he makes per hour and then multiply it by each number then add whats left togrther and there's your answer