it takes Tomás to bike to the community center is 2 minutes less than half the time it takes him to bike to the city park, so equasion is <span>1/2p–2=18 </span> Answer: D
Let's turn this english into numbers: <span>The time it takes Tomás to bike to the community center is 2 minutes less than half the time it takes him to bike to the city park. Since </span>p = the time it takes Tomás to bike to the park, and it takes18 minutes to bike to the community center, the sentence turns into: 18 = 2 minutes less than half p 18 = 2 minutes less than 1/2p 18 = 1/2p-2 <span>D.1/2p–2=18 </span>