SOLUTION: Mary is 17 years old and her brother Joey is 5 years old. In how many years will Mary be just twice as old as Joey?
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Question 897771: Mary is 17 years old and her brother Joey is 5 years old. In how many years will Mary be just twice as old as Joey?
I am so terrible at word problems. I just cannot interpret this into equation form. Thanks!
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let’s Mary’s age be and her brother Joey
given
Mary is 17 years old and her brother Joey is 5 years old.
means and
In how many years, let’s say , will Mary be just twice as old as Joey?
means .... plug in given values
...solve for
....so, in years Mary will be and
as you can see,
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