SOLUTION: Jim is x years old.
Mike is 2 years older than Jim.
8 years ago, Mike was twice as old as Jim.
What is Jim's age?
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Question 506656: Jim is x years old.
Mike is 2 years older than Jim.
8 years ago, Mike was twice as old as Jim.
What is Jim's age?
Found 2 solutions by jennywecas, stanbon:
Answer by jennywecas(28) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jim=x
mike=y
x+2=y (2x)=y+8
so you make them both equal to y. to make (2x)=y+8 equal to x you subtract 8 on both sdes.now since they both equal y they equal each other so your new equation would be 2x-8=x+2 you solve for x by subtracting x from both sides and then you add 8 to both sides. x=10 so jim is 10 years old.
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Jim is x years old.
Mike is 2 years older than Jim.
8 years ago, Mike was twice as old as Jim.
What is Jim's age?
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Mike is x+2.
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Equation:
x+2-8 = 2(x-8)
x-6 = 2x-16
x = 10 yrs old (Jim's age now)
x-2 = 8 yrs old (Mike's age now)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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