A man's age (a) 10 years ago is 43
10 years ago means we subtract 10 from a:
a - 10
The word is means an equation. So we set a - 10 equal to 43 to get our algebraic expression
a - 10 = 43
If the problem asks you to solve for a, we type this equation into our search engine and we get:
a = 53
10 years ago means we subtract 10 from a:
a - 10
The word is means an equation. So we set a - 10 equal to 43 to get our algebraic expression
a - 10 = 43
If the problem asks you to solve for a, we type this equation into our search engine and we get:
a = 53