Question

Maria has three children. there is two years age difference between each child. the total ages of all three children is 36 years. tina is the youngest child. how old is tina? let t = the age of tina. which formula will calculate tina's age?

Answer 1

T= Tina's age
t+2= second child
t+4= third child
36= age of all children

Add the ages of all children equal to 36 years. Add 2 to each age because there is 2 years age difference between each child.

t + (t+2) + (t+4)= 36
combine like terms
3t + 6= 36
subtract 6 from both sides
3t= 30
divide both sides by 3
t= 10 Tina's age

t+2= 12
(10)+2= 12 age of second child

t+4= 14
(10)+4= 14 age of third child

ANSWER: The formula that will calculate Tina's age is t + (t+2) + (t+4)= 36.

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