SOLUTION: Tom is a certain age. Meghan is three times Tom's age plus four years. Their combined age is 44. How old is Meghan?

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Question 1170007: Tom is a certain age. Meghan is three times Tom's age plus four years. Their combined age is 44. How old is Meghan?
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Tom is a certain age. Meghan is three times Tom's age plus four years. Their combined age is 44. How old is Meghan?
Let Meghan's age be M
Then Tom's is: 44 - M
We then get: M = 3(44 - M) + 4
M = 132 - 3M + 4
M + 3M = 132 + 4
4M = 136
Meghan, or
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