SOLUTION: Anna is half of Bills age. The sum of their ages is 36. How old are Anna and Bill
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Question 1149207: Anna is half of Bills age. The sum of their ages is 36. How old are Anna and Bill
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Using formal algebra....
Let Anna's age be x; then Bill's age is 2x.
The sum of their ages is 36:
Solve using basic algebra to find Anna's age, x.
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Anna's age is 12; that means Bill's age is 2*12 = 24.
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