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Algebra.Com's Answer #73766 by stanbon(75887)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! KOJO IS TWICE AS OLD AS ESI WHO IN TURN IS 5 YEAR OLDER THAN KWEKU. IF THEIR TOTAL AGE IS 47,HOW OLD IS EACH OF THEM \n" ); document.write( "----------------- \n" ); document.write( "Let Kweku be \"x\" yrs. old. \n" ); document.write( "Then ESI is \"x+5\" yrs old \n" ); document.write( "And KOJO is 2(x+5) yrs old \n" ); document.write( "------------------------ \n" ); document.write( "EQUATION: \n" ); document.write( "x + x+5 + 2x+10 = 47 \n" ); document.write( "4x+15 = 47 \n" ); document.write( "4x = 32 \n" ); document.write( "x = 8 (Kweku's age) \n" ); document.write( "x+5 = 13 (ESI's age) \n" ); document.write( "2x+10 = 26 (Kojo's age) \n" ); document.write( "============================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |