SOLUTION: Jamals age is 3 less that twice henrys age the sum of their ages is 39 how old is jamal

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Question 212020: Jamals age is 3 less that twice henrys age the sum of their ages is 39 how old is jamal
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Let Henry's age be x.
Then Jamal's age is 2x - 3.
As their sum is 39, we have
x + 2x - 3 = 39
Solving for x, we have
3x = 42
x = 14
So Henry is 14 years old.
Jamal is 2x - 3 = 25 years old.