Thatonedude897
Thatonedude897 Thatonedude897
  • 03-11-2020
  • Mathematics
contestada

Mary is five times as old as Fred. In three years Mary will be 4 times as old as Fred. Find their present ages?

Respuesta :

karun26
karun26 karun26
  • 03-11-2020

ans

here let mary age be x and fred be y

1st equation

x= 5y

2nd equation

x+3 =4(y+3)

now from 1st equation putting value of x in equation 2

x+3 = 4y+12

5y+3 = 4y +12

y = 9

so fred is 9 and mary is 45

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

why does monopoly make long run economic profit and exploit consumers?
Find the rectangular coordinates of the point with the polar coordinates ordered pair 7 comma 2 pi divided by 3.
You are a sales representative for a company that makes a new alternate fuel for vehicles. You have prepared a presentation for the environmental engineers to s
surface area of a equilateral by hand
Valerie had a jug that contained 128 fl oz of salsa to put into bowls at a restaurant. She filled each bowl with 6 fl oz of salsa until there was not enough sal
Please help ASAP! Do not understand how to conduct problem!
Five times a number is divided by $7$ more than the number. If the result is $2$, then what was the original number? please help!
What equation of the circle would center (-3.2 , -2.1 ) and radius 4.3 ? ( fast please I will give u brainlest)
answer the questions above​
Mariam went to a shop and bought 8 snickers, 3 galaxy and 3 kitkat. She payed 8 BD totally. Her friend Zainab bought 4 snicker, 9 galaxy and 4 kitkat. She payed