Lesa's hiking backpack weighs 5 pounds less than 1/2 the weight of alani's hiking backpack. Write an expression to describe the weight of lewa's backpack. how many pounds does lewa's backpack weight if alani's backpack weights 36 pounds?

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Desiree Walsh

28 June, 18:01

Lesa's hiking backpack weighs 5 pounds less than 1/2 the weight of alani's hiking backpack. Write an expression to describe the weight of lewa's backpack. how many pounds does lewa's backpack weight if alani's backpack weights 36 pounds?

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Delilah Evans · Answer 1

13

Step-by-step explanation:

So first you divide 36 and 1/2 to figure out have of alani backpack, which gets you 18 then you subtract 18-5 which gets you 13 and that's your answer.