SOLUTION: Pete's mom's age is 8 years less than 4 times Pete's age. The sum of their ages is 65 years. Find their ages.
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Question 1137446: Pete's mom's age is 8 years less than 4 times Pete's age. The sum of their ages is 65 years. Find their ages.
Answer by greenestamps(13203) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Pete's mom's age is 8 years less than 4 times Pete's age.
Let p = Pete's age
then 4p-8 = his mom's age
The sum of their ages is 65 years.
The given information is faulty; the ages have to be whole numbers.
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