SOLUTION: can someone please help me to express this equation? I can't figure out how to set it up so I can do the math on. Jorge is twice as old as omar. Tyree's age is eight yrs less than
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Question 316988: can someone please help me to express this equation? I can't figure out how to set it up so I can do the math on. Jorge is twice as old as omar. Tyree's age is eight yrs less than jorge. Added together; their ages equal 77. How old is tyree?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent Tyree's age. Then Jorge must be Let 
represent. And Omar is half that age, so: 
.
Add 'em up.
\ +\ \frac{x\ +\ 8}{2}\ =\ 77)
Solve for
John
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