SOLUTION: Pete, Mike and John are cousins. Pete's age is one-third of Mike's age and John's age is five years older than Mike's. If the sum of the ages of the cousins is 40, what are their a
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Question 834127: Pete, Mike and John are cousins. Pete's age is one-third of Mike's age and John's age is five years older than Mike's. If the sum of the ages of the cousins is 40, what are their ages?
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Write an equation for each statement
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Pete, Mike and John are cousins.
Pete's age is one-third of Mike's age
p = *m
and John's age is five years older than Mike's.
j = m+5
If the sum of the ages of the cousins is 40,
p + m + j = 40
Replace p and j from the 1st and 2nd equations, find m
m + m + (m+5) = 40
m + 2m = 40 - 5
m + 2m = 35
multiply by 3 to get rid of the fraction
m + 6m = 105
7m = 105
m = 105/7
m = 15 is Mikes age
then
p = *15
p = 5 is Pete's age
and
j = 15 + 5
j = 20 is John's
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Note that the three ages do indeed, add up to 40
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