Let y represent jarons age in years. if dawn were 5 years older, she would be jarons age. which expression represents dawns age?

This is a simple subtraction question, 
y is a variable, so Jaron could be any age and still be 5 years older than dawn. 

lets say Jaron is 20, since he is five years older, we can subtract 5 from 20 and get 15

so
y = 20 
d = 15

d = dawn's age

Figure it out your self