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How do I translate: thirteen years older than susan...as an alegrebraic expression?
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How do I translate: thirteen years older than susan...as an alegrebraic expression?
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Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Susan's age is x
13 years older than Susan is x+13
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Translating english to algebra
How do I translate: thirteen years older than susan...as an alegrebraic expression?
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If susan's age is "s", 13 years older is "s+13"
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The first thing you have to do is choose a suitable variable to represent Susan's age. 
could be a good choice, unless you were working on a problem that involved the ages of Susan, Samuel, Sarah, Sharron, and Samantha. Then you might want to choose something else. But for this exercise let's go ahead and use .
Now you have to add thirteen to your variable. This would involve your variable, , the number 
, and a plus sign. Something like this:
Although
would work just as well, since addition is commutative.
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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