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Sam is 10 years younger than one-half the age of his aunt. Let a represent his aunt’s age. Which shows his aunt’s age written as an algebraic expression and Sam’s age if his aunt is 40?

; when Sam is 2 years old
; when Sam is 6 years old
; when Sam is 10 years old
; when Sam is 30 years old

User Ben Gollow
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well it said half of her age and she is 40 so half of 40 is 20 then hes 10 years younger the you would do 20-10 so it would be 10

User Kornelija
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Answer: Sam is 10 years old

so the answer is C

Explanation:

i'm positive:)!

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