SOLUTION: Zeus and Leto have a son named Apollo. Zeus is five years older than twice his son’s age and Leto’s age is the sum of Apollo’s age and one-third of Zeus’ age. If the sum of all the
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Question 1053598: Zeus and Leto have a son named Apollo. Zeus is five years older than twice his son’s age and Leto’s age is the sum of Apollo’s age and one-third of Zeus’ age. If the sum of all their ages is 100, find each of their ages.
The best I've come up with is Zeus = 2(Apollo) + 5
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Use variables not names.
1.
2.
3.
Substituting 1 and 2 into eq. 3,
Multiply both sides by 3,
Now use equations 1 and 3 to solve for Z and L.
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