SOLUTION: Write an equation that models how old in years each of you will be, when your ages add up to 150 years old. For example, if x = your age and the eldest person was a year older than

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Question 548406: Write an equation that models how old in years each of you will be, when your ages add up to 150 years old. For example, if x = your age and the eldest person was a year older than you, you would write their age as x + 1. Then the equation would be: x + (x+1) = 150. The ages are 53, 9, 40.
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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x=9
x+44=53
x+31=40
highlight%28x%2B%28x%2B31%29%2B%28x%2B44%29=150%29
x%2B%28x%2B31%29%2B%28x%2B44%29=150
3x%2B75=150
3x=75
x=25
2525%2B31=5625%2B44=69
25%2B56%2B69=150
correct