SOLUTION: 3. Sam's age is x. His sister Jo is 2 years more than 1.1 times his age. (i) What is Jo's age in terms of x? (ii) Write an equation to find x, if the sum of Sam's and Jo's ag

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Question 1203127: 3. Sam's age is x. His sister Jo is 2 years more than 1.1 times his age.
(i) What is Jo's age in terms of x?
(ii) Write an equation to find x, if the sum of Sam's and Jo's ages is 44.

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Sam's age is x. His sister Jo is 2 years more than 1.1 times his age.
(i) What is Jo's age in terms of x?
(ii) Write an equation to find x, if the sum of Sam's and Jo's ages is 44.
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Sam           x
Jo            1.1x+2

x%2B1.1x%2B2=44
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