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The expression that represents the statement is a - 15

How to represent the mathematical statement as an algebraic expression?

The mathematical statement is given as:

The​ age, a, decreased by 15 years

The variable in the above mathematical statement is

Variable a

This means that the decrease the variable in the above mathematical statement by 15

When the variable in the above mathematical statement is decreased by 15 years, we have the following expression

a - 15

This means that the representation of the the variable in the above mathematical statement is a - 15

Hence, the expression that represents the statement is a - 15

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