Ben is 4 times as old as Ishaan. 6 years ago, Ben was 6 times as old as Ishaan. How old is Ishaan now?

Nick has box brads. he uses 4 brads for the first project. nick let’s b represent the original number of brads and finds that for the second project, the number of brads he uses is 8 more than half the difference of b and 4. write an expression to represent the number of brads he uses for the second project.