SOLUTION: Suzanne has half her brothers age. Write and simplify an expression to represent Suzanne's age if her brother is 25 years old

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Question 1013514: Suzanne has half her brothers age. Write and simplify an expression to represent Suzanne's age if her brother is 25 years old
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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Call their ages s and b. We can write
s = (1/2)b and
s = (1/2)(25) = 12.5 years old