If Brian worked for n days and Kellen worked for half as many days, write an algebraic expression that represents the number of days kellen worked

Question

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Answer 1

If Brian worked for n days and Kellen worked for half as many days, write an algebraic expression that represents the number of days kellen worked

 

Brian worked:      n days

Kellen worked:     (1/2)n days      or      (n/2) days

 

Let's try numbers (they are easier to understand):

If Brian worked 4 days and Kellen worked for half as many days, how many days did Kellen work?    4/2 = 2

If Brian worked 10 days; how many days did Kellen work?    (1/2)*10 = 10/2 = 5

... make up some more problems ...

 

The variable n allows us to make an expression that can be used to find Kellen's work days given Brian's work days.