document.write( "Question 1030922: John is 5 years more than six times older than Jude. The sum of their ages is 33. Find their ages. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #645710 by fractalier(6550) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Call the ages of John and Jude, j and d. Then we write \n" ); document.write( "j = 5 + 6d and \n" ); document.write( "j + d = 33 \n" ); document.write( "Now substitute the first one into the second...we get \n" ); document.write( "(5+6d) + d = 33 \n" ); document.write( "5 + 7d = 33 \n" ); document.write( "7d = 28 \n" ); document.write( "d = 4 (Jude) \n" ); document.write( "which means \n" ); document.write( "j = 29 (John) \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |