SOLUTION: Curly’s age is twice Moe’s age. If the sum of the square of their ages is 80, what are their ages? I have the following: moe= x curly 2x but not sure what to with the sum o

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Question 232794: Curly’s age is twice Moe’s age. If the sum of the square of their ages is 80, what are their ages? I have the following:
moe= x
curly 2x
but not sure what to with the sum of their squares? Help

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Curly’s age is twice Moe’s age. If the sum of the square of their ages is 80, what are their ages? I have the following:
moe= x
curly 2x
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x%5E2+%2B+%282x%29%5E2+=+80
5x%5E2+=+80
x%5E2+=+16
x = 4
Moe is 4
Curly is 8