SOLUTION: three times cayla age plus jose age equal 60. cayla age is three times jose age. how old is cayla

Question 1177597: three times cayla age plus jose age equal 60. cayla age is three times jose age. how old is cayla

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, ikleyn:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let Cayla's age be and Jose's age
if three times Cayla's age plus Jose's age equal , we have
.......eq.1
if Cayla's age is three times Jose's age, we have
.........eq.2, substitute in eq.1

.......eq.1

go to
.........eq.2, substitute

Cayla is years old

Answer by ikleyn(52786) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x be the Jose age. Then the Cayla age is 3x. From the condition, you have this equation 3*(3x) + x = 60 9x + x = 60 10x = 60 x = 60/10 = 6. So, Jose is 6 years old; then Cayla is 3*6 = 18 years old. ANSWER

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