Question

DeShaun solves the following problem: “Martyn is 7 years older than Adele. If Martyn is 52 years old, how old is Adele?” DeShaun begins by writing the equation a+7=52 , using a as a variable to stand for Adele’s age. What is DeShaun’s next step?(1 point)

Responses

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

DeShaun's next step would be to isolate the variable by subtracting 7 from both sides of the equation, resulting in a = 45.