SOLUTION: Hi, I need to solve this age probem by any system of linear equation, can you help me, please? Ashly is twice as old as Jerar. In three years, the sum of their ages will be 54.

Question 1180358: Hi, I need to solve this age probem by any system of linear equation, can you help me, please?
Ashly is twice as old as Jerar. In three years, the sum of their ages will be 54. How old are they?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let Ashly’s age be and his Jerar’s age
if Ashly is twice as old as Jerar:
....eq.1
In three years, the sum of their ages will be , then
........substitute

go to
....eq.1,....substitute

so, Ashly is and Jerar is years old

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