SOLUTION: Craig is 24 years younger than his mother. Together their ages total 56 years. How is each person? Explain how you found your answer. I need help why this question i have been tryi
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Question 488434: Craig is 24 years younger than his mother. Together their ages total 56 years. How is each person? Explain how you found your answer. I need help why this question i have been trying for one hour to do it. Found 3 solutions by John10, Gogonati, lwsshak3:Answer by John10(297) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let x be Craig's age and y be his mom's age
The first sentence tell us that:
y = x + 24
Their sum of ages is 56:
x + y = 56
You need to solve the system of two linear equations:
y = x + 24 (1)
x + y = 56 (2)
Substitute (1) into (2):
x + (x + 24) = 56
2x + 24 = 56
2x = 32
x = 32/2
x = 16
then you find y :
x + y = 56
16 + y = 56
y = 56 - 16
y = 40
Thus Craig's age is 16 yrs old
His mom is 40 yrs old
John10:)
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let mother's age be x years , then Craig's age is x-24 years. Since together their ages total is 56 years, we write the equation:
x+x-24=56, solving this equation we get mother's age.
2x-24=56
2x-24+24=56+24
2x=80 divide both sides by 2, and get x=40.
Answer:Mother's age is 40, and Craig's age is 40-24= 16.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Craig is 24 years younger than his mother. Together their ages total 56 years. How is each person? Explain how you found your answer
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let x= mother's age
x-24=Craig's age
ages of mother and son total 56
x+(x-24)=56
x+x-24=56
2x=80
x=40
ans:
mother's age=40
Craig's age=40-24=16
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