SOLUTION: can someone please help me to express this equation? I can't figure out how to set it up so I can do the math on. Jorge is twice as old as omar. Tyree's age is eight yrs less than

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Question 316988: can someone please help me to express this equation? I can't figure out how to set it up so I can do the math on. Jorge is twice as old as omar. Tyree's age is eight yrs less than jorge. Added together; their ages equal 77. How old is tyree?
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Let represent Tyree's age. Then Jorge must be Let represent. And Omar is half that age, so: .

Add 'em up.



Solve for

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