SOLUTION: Dan is twice as old as Mike Mike is 4 years younger than Ben Ben is 17 years younger than Dan How old is Ben?

Question 1058507: Dan is twice as old as Mike
Mike is 4 years younger than Ben
Ben is 17 years younger than Dan
How old is Ben?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(1)
(2)
(3)
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(3)
Plug (2) and (3) into (1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
and
(3)
(3)
(3)
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Ben is 25
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check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
You can check (2) and (3)

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