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Let y represent jarons age in years. If dawn were 5 years older, she would be jarons age. Which expression represents dawns age?

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Answer: I think Y > 5

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User TheRealFakeNews
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this is a simple subtraction question,
y is a variable, so Jaron could be any age and still be 5 years older than dawn.

lets say Jaron is 20, since he is five years older, we can subtract 5 from 20 and get 15

so
y = 20
d = 15

d = dawn's age
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