SOLUTION: Kevin's age is twice a more that 4 times Jane's age. The sum of their ages is 48. How old are Kevin and Jane? I can't figure out how to write the equation.

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Question 1199712: Kevin's age is twice a more that 4 times Jane's age. The sum of their ages is 48. How old are Kevin and Jane?
I can't figure out how to write the equation.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
First sentence is bad! Find the correct way your exercise was supposed to be written.

Here is probably the way the description was supposed to be written:
Kevin's age is twice as much as four times Jane's age.
The sum of their ages is 48.
k for Kevin, j for Jane
system%28k=2j%2Ck%2Bj=48%29
2j%2Bj=48
3j=48
j=16-------and then k is 32,



Another possibility:
Kevin's age is two times more than four times Jane's age.
The sum of their ages is 48.
But this is still not good.
k for Kevin, j for Jane
k=2j%2B4j
k=6j
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and then
k%2Bj=48
6j%2Bj=48
7j=48-------likely not what was intended, since j not a whole value.