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Lewa'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 weigh if alani's backpack weighs 36 pounds

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A(1/2)-5=L is what I came up with.
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Lewa's backpack=1/2*alani's backpack -5

lewa backpack=1/2*36-5
Lewa=13
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