Question

Lesa’s hiking backpack weighs 5 pounds less than 1/2 the weight of alani’s hiking backpack. Write an expression to describe the weight of lewa’s backpack.how many pounds does lewa’s backpack weight if alani’s backpack weights 36 pounds ?

Answer 1

13

Explanation:

So first you divide 36 and 1/2 to figure out have of alani backpack, which gets you 18 then you subtract 18-5 which gets you 13 and that's your answer.