document.write( "Question 1143852: please may someone help me i cant get this question right? tracey is five times as old as sipho. the sum of their ages is eighteen. how old are tracey and sipho \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let \" x \" be the Sipho's age.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the Tracey's age is 5x, according to the condition.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of their ages is 18.  It means that\r\n" );
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document.write( "    x + 5x = 18,    or\r\n" );
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document.write( "    6x     = 18.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence,   x = 18/6 = 3 years.   It is the Sipho's age.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the Tracey age is 5 times it, i.e.  5*3 = 15 years.\r\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER.  Sipho is 3 years old.   Tracey is 15 years old.\r\n" );
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