SOLUTION: Renee is one year older than Tom, and Ellen is twice as old is your Renee. the sum of their ages is 63

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Question 1140886: Renee is one year older than Tom, and Ellen is twice as old is your Renee. the sum of their ages is 63
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Renee is one year older than Tom, and Ellen is twice as old is your Renee. the sum of their ages is 63
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The average of their ages is 63/3 = 21

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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let's Renee's age be x
if Renee is one year older than Tom, Tom's age is x-1
and if Ellen is twice as old is your Renee. Ellen 's age is 2x

if the sum of their ages is 63, we have
x%2B%28x-1%29%2B2x=63.......solve for x
x%2Bx-1%2B2x=63
4x=63%2B1
x=64%2F4
x=16->Renee's age
Tom's age is x-1=16-1=15
Ellen 's age is 2x=2%2A16=32

check the sum of their ages:
16%2B15%2B32=63
63=63