SOLUTION: Katrina's age is twice of Nico's .The sum of their ages is 36

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Question 1012035: Katrina's age is twice of Nico's .The sum of their ages is 36
Answer by ValorousDawn(53)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Katrina's age be K, and Nico's age be N.
Katrina's age is twice of Nico's. K=2N
The sum of their ages is 36. K+N=36.
You can use substitution to get 2N+N=36 3N=36 N=12
We plug it back in to get Katrina's age. K=2N K=2(12) K=24.

Katrina's 24, Nico's 12.

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