SOLUTION: Emily is one quarter the age of aunt indgrid their total age is 60 how old is Emily

Question 951641: Emily is one quarter the age of aunt indgrid
their total age is 60
how old is Emily

Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let Emily's age be and her aunt Ingrid
if Emily is one quarter or the age of aunt Ingrid, then we have:
....eq.1
if their total age is , then we have:
.......eq.2
to find out how old is Emily, solve this system:
....eq.1
.......eq.2
---------------------------substitute for from eq.1 in eq.2
.......eq.2 ....solve for

now find
....eq.1

so, Emily is years old
Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Emily is one quarter the age of aunt indgrid
their total age is 60
how old is Emily

Let Emily�s age be E
Then her aunt�s age is: 4E
We then get: E + 4E = 60
5E = 60
E, or Emily�s age = , or
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