SOLUTION: Chris has two children,Beth and Amy
Beth is 10 years older than Amy
Chris says 'I am twice as old as the sum of Beths age and Amys age
Chris is 40 years old
How old is amy
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Beth is 10 years older than Amy
Chris says 'I am twice as old as the sum of Beths age and Amys age
Chris is 40 years old
How old is amy
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Question 1116104: Chris has two children,Beth and Amy
Beth is 10 years older than Amy
Chris says 'I am twice as old as the sum of Beths age and Amys age
Chris is 40 years old
How old is amy Found 2 solutions by ankor@dixie-net.com, MathTherapy:Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Write an equation for each statement
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Chris has two children,Beth and Amy
b and a
Beth is 10 years older than Amy
b = a + 10
Chris says 'I am twice as old as the sum of Beths age and Amys age
c = 2(a+b)
Chris is 40 years old
2(a + b) = 40
divide both sides by 2
a + b = 20
How old is amy
replace b with (a+10) from the 2nd statement
a + (a+10) = 20
2a = 20 - 10
2a = 10
a = 10/2
a = 5 yrs is Amy's age
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Check in the statement b = 5 + 10
"Chris says 'I am twice as old as the sum of Beths age and Amys age
2(5 + 15) = 40
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Chris has two children,Beth and Amy
Beth is 10 years older than Amy
Chris says 'I am twice as old as the sum of Beths age and Amys age
Chris is 40 years old
How old is amy
Let Amy's age be A
Then Beth's is: A + 10
Chris' is: 2(A + A + 10)
Chris is also 40, so we get: 2(A + A + 10) = 40
2(2A + 10) = 2(20)
2A + 10 = 20
2A = 10
A, or Amy is:
