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Lena [83]
3 years ago
5

Alvin is 9 years older than Elga. The sum of their ages is 89. What is Elga's age?

Mathematics
2 answers:
Mekhanik [1.2K]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Alvin: 49

Elga: 40

Step-by-step explanation:

  1. The equation is 89 = x + (x-9).
  2. Remove the parenthesis and combine the like terms. 89 = 2x - 9
  3. Add 9 on both sides. 98 = 2x
  4. Divide by 2 on both sides. x = 49
  5. 49 is the age of Alvin. (49-9) 40 is the age of Elga.
Yuki888 [10]3 years ago
3 0

Hey there!☺

Answer:\boxed{40}

Explanation:

Elga's age can be represented as "x". If Elga is x years old, then Alvin's age would be represented as "x+9", since Alvin is 9 years older than Elga.

Their combined age is 89. If you were to write that as an equation in terms of "x", you would have the following equation.

x+x+9=89

Since the question is asking for Elga's age, which is x, you're going to be solving the equation for the value of x.

First add like terms: x+x+9=89 \rightarrow 2x+9=89

Subtract both sides by 9 to leave x alone: 2x+9-9=89-9 \rightarrow 2x=80

Divide both sides by 2 to find x: \frac{2x}{2} =  \frac{80}{2} \rightarrow x=40

Since x is equal to 40, Elga is 40 years old, and Alvin would be 49 years old.

You can also check if the answer is correct by adding their ages.

40+49=89\ \br \checkmark

Elga is 40 years old.

Hope this helps!

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