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Gary is 3 years older than twice the age of his sister, Elena

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The equation is

y = 2x + 3 => where x can be any possible age of Elena.
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Answer:


an equation for this situation is:


B) G = 2E + 3



Explanation:

The first thing we must do for this case is to define variables.


We have then:


G: Gary's age


E: Elena's age


We then have the following expression:


Gary is 3 years older than twice the age of his sister (Elena):


Using the defined variables, we can write the expression as:


G = 2E + 3



You are lucky I had this question before because your answer is incomplete. Hope I helped!

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