SOLUTION: Jill is twice as old as Jim. Jim is three years older than Ken .The sum of their ages is 61. What are their their ages?

Question 859415: Jill is twice as old as Jim. Jim is three years older than Ken .The sum of their ages is 61. What are their their ages?

Answer by ramkikk66(644) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Jill is twice as old as Jim. Jim is three years older than Ken .The sum of their ages is 61. What are their their ages?

Let Ken's age be x
Then Jim's age is x + 3
And Jill's age is 2*(x + 3) = 2*x + 6
Sum of ages = 
Simplifying  or 
So Ken's age is , Jim's age is  and
Jill is 
Check: Sum = 13 + 16 + 32 = 61. Correct!
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