document.write( "Question 1053598: Zeus and Leto have a son named Apollo. Zeus is five years older than twice his son’s age and Leto’s age is the sum of Apollo’s age and one-third of Zeus’ age. If the sum of all their ages is 100, find each of their ages.\r
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document.write( "The best I've come up with is Zeus = 2(Apollo) + 5
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Algebra.Com's Answer #668793 by Fombitz(32388)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Use variables not names. \n" ); document.write( "1. \n" ); document.write( "2. \n" ); document.write( "3. \n" ); document.write( "Substituting 1 and 2 into eq. 3, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by 3, \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Now use equations 1 and 3 to solve for Z and L.\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |