SOLUTION: Mark is 5 times as old as Samantha. The sum of their ages is 35. Write an equation representing the information in the first sentence. Let x represent Mark's age and y Samantha's a

SOLUTION: Mark is 5 times as old as Samantha. The sum of their ages is 35. Write an equation representing the information in the first sentence. Let x represent Mark's age and y Samantha's a

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Question 1087489: Mark is 5 times as old as Samantha. The sum of their ages is 35. Write an equation representing the information in the first sentence. Let x represent Mark's age and y Samantha's age.
Answer by ikleyn(52795) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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x = 5y.

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