SOLUTION: Moe is twice as old as Larry. Moe is five years older than curly. Together Moe, Curly and Larry's ages add up to 65. how old are they?

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Question 1126842: Moe is twice as old as Larry. Moe is five years older than curly. Together Moe, Curly and Larry's ages add up to 65. how old are they?
Found 3 solutions by FrankM, josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
Answer by FrankM(1040) About Me  (Show Source):
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M=2L
M=C+5
M+C+L=65
Combine 1st 2 eq
2L=C+5, or L= 1/2(C+5)
(C+5)+C+1/2(C+5)=65
2C+10+2C+C+5=130
5C+15=130
5C=115
C=23 M=28 L=14

Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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           AGE
Moe        2L
Larry       L
Curly       2L-5
TOTAL      65


2L%2BL%2B2L-5=65
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5L-5=65
5L=70
L=14------Larry

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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Moe is twice as old as Larry. Moe is five years older than curly. Together Moe, Curly and Larry's ages add up to 65. how old are they?
Let Larry's age be L:

Then Moe's is 2L

Moe, or 2L = C + 5

C, or Curly is: 2L - 5

We then get: L + 2L + 2L - 5 = 65

5L = 70

L, or Larry is: highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+70%2F5%2C+%22=%22%2C+14%2C+years-old%29%29

You should be able to find Moe's and Curly's ages now.