SOLUTION: jack is twice as old as jill and six years younger than kathy. if jill is h years old, how old is cathy in terms of h?

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Question 1203018: jack is twice as old as jill and six years younger than kathy. if jill is h years old, how old is cathy in terms of h?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ankor@dixie-net.com:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Following directly from the description:
Jack         2h
Jill          h
Kathy        2h+6



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Who is "cathy"?

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
jack is twice as old as jill and six years younger than kathy.
if jill is h years old, how old is cathy in terms of h?
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let j =Jack's age, let h = Jill's age, let k - Kathy's age
write an equation for each statement
" jack is twice as old as jill"
j = 2h
" and six years younger than kathy."
j = k-6
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if jill is h years old, how old is kathy in terms of h?
replace j with 2h in the above equation
2h = k-6
2h+6 = k
or
k = 2h+6

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