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Danielle is x years old. Her sister is 5 years older and her brother is half Danielle's age. Write an expression in simplest form for the sum of their ages.

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it would be X=5*2 Beacuse if he is X year old and his sister is half his age which is ÷ by 2 and she is 5 than you would multiply it by two to equal 10
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The expression is 2.5x + 5
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