document.write( "Question 569371: I have to translate this sentence. Ryan's sister is 2 years less than twice his age. Ryan's sister is 14. How old is Ryan? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let's first pick a person to be our variable; how about Ryan. Ryan will be \"x\".
\n" ); document.write( "Now, they're asking you to turn this sentence into an equation. Start by looking at the solid number that you already know: Ryan's sister is 14. So that will be the lonely number on one side of the equal sign. Now look at the first part of the sentence: Ryan's sister is 2 years less than twice his age. This means that twice Ryan's age(2x) minus two(2x-2) will be equal to Ryan's sister's age.
\n" ); document.write( "2x-2=14
\n" ); document.write( "Add 2 to both sides.
\n" ); document.write( "2x=16
\n" ); document.write( "Divide both sides by 2 to get the variable(letter) alone.
\n" ); document.write( "x=8
\n" ); document.write( "Ryan is 8 years old.
\n" ); document.write( "You don't even need to solve it, just have the equation, if you're \"translating\" it.
\n" ); document.write( "Another way to think about this is by breaking apart the sentence(if you put it into words, it would look something like \"Ryan's sister=2(ryan)-2\".
\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps :) \n" ); document.write( "

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