Priya's age is 3 years less than twice of Ishaan's age. Write the expression for Priya's age in terms of Ishaan's age.

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Solution

Find the expression of Priya's age.
Given,
Priya's age is 3 years less than twice of Ishaan's age.
Let's Priya age be $x$ and Ishaan's age be $y$ .
According to question.
Twice of Ishaan's age $= 2 y$
Three year's less means subtract $3$ .
Hence, Priya's age is $x = 2 y - 3$ .

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