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Question 859415: Jill is twice as old as Jim. Jim is three years older than Ken .The sum of their ages is 61. What are their their ages?
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Jill is twice as old as Jim. Jim is three years older than Ken .The sum of their ages is 61. What are their their ages?

Let Ken's age be x
Then Jim's age is x + 3
And Jill's age is 2*(x + 3) = 2*x + 6
Sum of ages = x+%2B+x+%2B+3+%2B+2%2Ax+%2B+6+=+4%2Ax+%2B+9+=+61
Simplifying 4%2Ax+=+52 or x+=+13
So Ken's age is highlight%2813%29, Jim's age is highlight%2816%29 and
Jill is highlight%2832%29
Check: Sum = 13 + 16 + 32 = 61. Correct!
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