Sylvester D.
asked 12/26/16illustrate the ages of a family members using mathematical expression(father =50, mother =49, first child =20, second child =15)
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Arthur D. answered 12/26/16
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there are many expressions to satisfy the conditions
x=first child
x-5=second child
2.5x=father
2.5x-1=mother
x+x-5+2.5x+2.5x-1=134
7x-6=134
7x=140
x=20
x-5=15
2.5x=50
2.5x-1=49
or,...
x=father
x-1=mother
x-30=first child
x-35=second child
x+x-1+x-30+x-35=134
4x-66=134
4x=200
x=50
x-1=49
x-30=20
x-35=15
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