SOLUTION: Solve this problem in your notebook using all four steps Harvey is 3 times as old as Jane. The sum of their ages is 48 years find the gae of harvey and jane
jane is ______ yea
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Question 481297: Solve this problem in your notebook using all four steps Harvey is 3 times as old as Jane. The sum of their ages is 48 years find the gae of harvey and jane
jane is ______ years old
harvey is _________ years old
Answer by richard1234(7193) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let h and j be the ages of Harvey and Jane, with h + j = 48 and h = 3j. We can replace h with 3j into the first equation to get
3j + j = 48, 4j = 48, j = 12
Since h = 3j, we have h = 3(12) = 36, so Harvey is 36 and Jane is 12.
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