document.write( "Question 1052279: Jane is 5 years old, tom is 2years old .after how many years will their age be 33years. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #667675 by Theo(13342)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! jane is 5. \n" ); document.write( "tom is 2.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "after how many years will the sum of their ages be equal to 33 years?\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let x be that number of years.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in x years, jane will be 5 + x years old.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in x years, tom will be 2 + x years old.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in x years, the sum of their ages will be 5 + x + 2 + x which is equal to 7 + 2 * x.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "if the sum of their ages is 33, then 7 + 2 * x = 33.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "subtract 7 from both sides of this equation to get 2 * x = 33 - 7.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "simplify to get 2 * x = 26.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "divide both sides of this equation by 2 to get x = 13.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in 13 years, the sum of their ages will be 33.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "5 + 13 = 18.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "2 + 13 = 15\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "18 + 15 = 33.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |