SOLUTION: Taylor is 3 times as old as Jerry. The sum of their ages is 72. How old is each.

SOLUTION: Taylor is 3 times as old as Jerry. The sum of their ages is 72. How old is each.

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Question 968330: Taylor is 3 times as old as Jerry. The sum of their ages is 72. How old is each.
Answer by amarjeeth123(569) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Jerry's age be x.
Then Taylor's age is 3x.
The sum of their ages is 72
x+3x=72
4x=72
x=18
Jerry is 18 years old and Taylor is 54 years old.
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