SOLUTION: There are 3 childrenL Ivan, Maria and Nadia. Ivan is 3 times older than Nadia. Maria is 5 years younger than Ivan. The sum of the years of the 3 childres is: 23. How old are Ivan,
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Question 1057892: There are 3 childrenL Ivan, Maria and Nadia. Ivan is 3 times older than Nadia. Maria is 5 years younger than Ivan. The sum of the years of the 3 childres is: 23. How old are Ivan, Maria and Nadia? Found 2 solutions by jorel555, addingup:Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let Nadia be n. Then Ivan is 3n, and Maria is 3n-5. So:
n+3n+3n-5=23
7n=28
n=4
Nadia is 4, Ivan is 12, and Maria is 7. ☺☺☺☺
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Children: I, M, N
N = I/3
M = I-5
:
I+M+N = 23 substitute:
I+I/3+I-5 = 23
2I+I*1/3-5 = 23 On the left, 2I+I/3 = 7I/3
7I/3-5 = 23
7I/3 = 28 multiply both sides times 3
7I = 84
I = 12 Ivan is 12
Nadia is 12/3 = 4
Maria is 12-5 = 7
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