Answer:
The equation is 39=3r-6
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x = # of years from the start of the Great Depression to the first Presidential election of Nixon
Let r = Raul's age
The question gives us what x equals so...
x=39
Now we just turn the sentence into an equation.
"The number of years from the start of the Great Depression to the first Presidential election of Nixon [(x)] is six years less than three times Raul's age [(3r-6)]"
Remove the icky words...
x=3r-6
replace x with what it equals (39)
39=3r-6
Now you can go on to olve it
Overal Raul is only 15 :)
