SOLUTION: this year your brother james will be 2 years from being twice as old as your sister jenny. The sum of james age and 3 times jennys age is 66. How old is Jenny

Question 155205: this year your brother james
will be 2 years from being twice as old as your sister jenny. The sum of james age and 3 times jennys age is 66. How old is Jenny
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
this year your brother james will be 2 years from being twice as old as your sister jenny.
Let Jenny's age be "x":
Then James age is "2x-2"
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The sum of james age and 3 times jennys age is 66. How old is Jenny?
EQUATION:
2x-2 + 3x = 66
5x = 68
x = 13 3/8 years
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Cheers,
Stan H.

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