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Sarah is 6 years older than Amy.

Write an expression to represent Sarah's age. Use Δ to represent Amy's age.
A) Δ- 6
B) Δ+ 6
C) 6 - Δ
D) 6×Δ

User Moud
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2 Answers

2 votes

Answer:

B

Explanation:

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User Kakadu
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Answer:

B.

Explanation:

The problem has got to be addition.

The sentence "Sarah is 6 years older than Amy." does not include any hint of subtracting, or multiplying.

A hint of multiplying in a expression would be the word 'times', like "Brandon is 6 times the age of Emily" which eliminates D.

A hint of subtraction in an expression would be the word 'less', like "Brandon is 6 less the age of Emily." which eliminates A and C.

The word 'older' indicates addition, or adding, and if it would have been subtraction, the keyword would be 'younger' because you are subtracting their age, like 19 - 11. The same goes with B, but adding.

Finally, we now know that it is B because there is no other addition choice.

I hope this helped. Please correct me if I am wrong.

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