SOLUTION: please help me to solve this equation.In 3 years ,Alex will be 3 times as old as his sister Percy.A year ago,Alex was 7 times as old as Percy.How old are they now?
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Question 148582: please help me to solve this equation.In 3 years ,Alex will be 3 times as old as his sister Percy.A year ago,Alex was 7 times as old as Percy.How old are they now?
Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Alex's age now be a. Let Percy's age be p
In three years, Alex will be a+3 and Percy will be p+3
Last year, Alex was a-1 and Percy was p-1
You are told that in 3 years Alex will be 3 times as old as Percy
You are also told that last year Alex was 7 times older than Percy
Now you can use substitution or elimination to solve. We'll use elimination here
Subtract the second equation from the first
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Percy is 3 now.
So that makes Alex
Alex is 15.
Check your answers.
is 15-1 = 7*2 check
is 15+3 = 3(3+3) check
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