Question

Lewa'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 weigh if alani's backpack weighs 36 pounds

Answer 1

A(1/2)-5=L is what I came up with.

Answer 2

Lewa's backpack=1/2*alani's backpack -5

lewa backpack=1/2*36-5
Lewa=13