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  • 20-11-2018
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William is 3 years older than charmine the sum of 3 times charmines age and 2 times williams age is 76 how old are william and charmine

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jimrgrant1 jimrgrant1
  • 20-11-2018

William is 17 and Charmine is 14

let Charmine's age be x then William is x + 3, then

3x + 2(x + 3 ) = 76

3x + 2x + 6 = 76

5x + 6 = 76 ( subtract 6 from both sides )

5x = 70 ( divide both sides by 5 )

x = 14

Charmine is 14 and William is 14 + 3 = 17




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