SOLUTION: If you add ben and jerry's age together you get 84. Jerry is three times as old as Ben. How old is Ben?
J + B= 84
j= 3x=84
x= 28.
the answer says 21 can anyone help m
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-> SOLUTION: If you add ben and jerry's age together you get 84. Jerry is three times as old as Ben. How old is Ben?
J + B= 84
j= 3x=84
x= 28.
the answer says 21 can anyone help m
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Question 623970: If you add ben and jerry's age together you get 84. Jerry is three times as old as Ben. How old is Ben?
J + B= 84
j= 3x=84
x= 28.
the answer says 21 can anyone help me please Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
Hi
If you add ben and jerry's age together you get 84.
Jerry is three times as old as Ben's age. How old is Ben?
j= 3x YEs!!! Good work.
ben + jery = 84 |Careful here...
x + 3x = 84
4x = 84
x = 21, Ben's age