SOLUTION: scott is 3 years more than five times his sisters age. write an equation that could bee used to find his sisters age if scott is 23 years old. find the value of x to find scotts si
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Question 807164: scott is 3 years more than five times his sisters age. write an equation that could bee used to find his sisters age if scott is 23 years old. find the value of x to find scotts sisters age.
ive tried but it looks wrong everytime help please! Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! scott is 3 years more than five times his sisters age.
x = sisters age
s = scotts age
s = 5x + 3
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"write an equation that could bee used to find his sisters age
5x + 3 = s
5x = s - 3; subtract 3 from both sides
x = ; divided both sides by 5
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if scott is 23 years old. find the value of x to find scotts sisters age.
Replace s with 23
x =
x =
x = 4 yrs is sisters age, if Scott is 23
