SOLUTION: how do you write john is 11 more than twice as old as bob the sum of their ages is 65. find the ages of each. as a equation
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Question 384375: how do you write john is 11 more than twice as old as bob the sum of their ages is 65. find the ages of each. as a equation
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Bob = x
John = 2x+11
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x+2x+11=65
3x+11=65
-11 -11
3x=54
/3
x=18 Bob's age
John = 2x +11= 2*18+11=47
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47+18=65
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