The difference of Jaylene‘s age and 20 is 53 translate this sentence into an equation
"difference" means you subtract, so ...
English: difference , Math : -
English : is , Math : =
J - 20 = 53
To translate the sentence into an equation, we can use variables to represent the quantities in the sentence.
Let's use the variable "J" to represent Jaylene's age.
According to the sentence, the difference of Jaylene's age and 20 is 53. We can express this as:
J - 20 = 53
This equation states that if we subtract 20 from Jaylene's age, we would get 53.