Answer
Hector was $y-5$ years old $5$ years ago.
Work Step by Step
$5$ years ago, Hector's age was $5$ less than it is now. Algebraically, we express this difference using subtraction.
Elementary Algebra
by Kaufmann, Jerome; Schwitters, Karen;
Published by
Cengage Learning
ISBN 10:
1285194055
ISBN 13:
978-1-28519-405-9
Chapter 2 - Real Numbers - 2.5 - Translating from English to Algebra - Problem Set 2.5 - Page 81: 42
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