SOLUTION: Tyler is one year older than 3 times clays age. The sum of their age is 21 .how old is tyler. Can you write it out please tjanks
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let t = Tyler's age
Let c = Clay's age
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Write an equation for each statement:
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"Tyler is one year older than 3 times clays age."
t = 3c + 1
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" The sum of their age is 21"
t + c = 21
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Find c first. from the 1st equation, replace t with (3c+1) in the above equation
(3c + 1) + c = 21
3c + c = 21 - 1
4c = 20
c = 20/4
c = 5 yrs is Clay's age
then
t = 3c + 1
t = 3(5) + 1
t = 15 + 1
t = 16 yrs is Tyler's age
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