document.write( "Question 1105441: In three (3) years from now, Jenny’s grandfather will be six (6) times as old as Jenny was last
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document.write( "year. Presently, the sum of Jenny’s age and her grandfather’s age is 68. How old will Jenny and her
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document.write( "grandfather be ten (10) years from now? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #720287 by Boreal(15235)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Jenny is x years old now \n" ); document.write( "She was x-1 last year \n" ); document.write( "in 3 years, she will be x+3 years and her grandfather will be 6x-6, since he is 6 times as old as Jenny was last year, when she was (x-1) years. \n" ); document.write( "Now, her grandfather is 6x-9 years old, 3 years less than 6x-6. \n" ); document.write( "x+6x-9=68 \n" ); document.write( "7x=77 \n" ); document.write( "x=11 \n" ); document.write( "Jenny will be 21 10 years from now ANSWER \n" ); document.write( "Her grandfather is 57. He will be 67 10 years from now. ANSWER \n" ); document.write( "3 years from now, her grandfather will be 60, which is 6 tines as old as Jenny was last year. \n" ); document.write( " |