SOLUTION: The local historical society wants to preserve two buildings. The total age of the buildings is 249 years. If one building is twice as old as the other, what are the ages of the
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Question 1183716: The local historical society wants to preserve two buildings. The total age of the buildings is 249 years. If one building is twice as old as the other, what are the ages of the two buildings? Do not try to solve each problem algebraically. Instead, make a guess that satisfies one or more conditions of the problem and then evaluate your guess
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The problem is so easy to solve mentally in a few seconds, I'm not sure what the instructions are asking you to do. Maybe something like this:
100 and 200 years would make a total of 300 -- too much.
80 and 160 years would make a total of 240 -- not enough.
Then continue with another guess for the ages with the smaller age something greater than 80... and continue until you find the correct ages.
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