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Martin is x years old. Jennifer is 3 years younger than Martin. Connor is twice as old as Martin. Write an expression for Jennifer’s age.

User Eigir
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Answer: x-3

Step-by-step explanation: if Martin's age is unknown and we have to use x for it, you could only plug in x-3 to figure out Jennifer's age. And if we have to write an expression for Connor's age it would be x*2

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martin = x years

jennifer = x - 3

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