document.write( "Question 101315: Kofi and kweku are two brothers.kofi is older kweku. given that kofi's age is (5x- 4)years and kweku's age is (2x+1)years,
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document.write( "a.write down an expression, in terms of x,for how much older kofi is than kweku.simplify your answer
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document.write( "b.if kofi is ten years oder than kweku,calculate,
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document.write( "i.the value of x
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document.write( "ii.the ages of kofi and kweku \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #73860 by stanbon(75887) ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! kofi is older kweku. given that kofi's age is (5x- 4)years and kweku's age is (2x+1)years, \n" ); document.write( "a.write down an expression, in terms of x,for how much older kofi is than kweku.simplify your answer \n" ); document.write( "(5x-4)-(2x+1) = 3x-5 \n" ); document.write( "----------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "b.if kofi is ten years older than kweku,calculate, \n" ); document.write( "i.the value of x \n" ); document.write( "3x-3=10 \n" ); document.write( "3x=13 \n" ); document.write( "x=13/3 \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( "ii.the ages of kofi and kweku \n" ); document.write( "Kofi: 5x-4= 5(13/3)-4 = (65/3)-(12/3) = 53/3 \n" ); document.write( "Kweku: 2x+1 = 2(13/3)+1 = 26/3 + 3/3 = 29/3 \n" ); document.write( "============================== \n" ); document.write( "Cheers, \n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( " |