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The sentence is “half of $\"\"$ is the same as $\"\"$ minus three”.

The word “half of $\"\"$ “can be represented as “ $\"\"$ ”.

The word “minus” can be represented as “ $\"\"$ ” symbol.

The word “is” can be represented as “ $\"\"$ ” symbol.

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Rewrite the sentence into equation,

$\"\"$ $\"\"$

The equation is $\"\"$ .