Answer:
Sue is 6 and Mary is 10
Step-by-step explanation:
let Sue's age be x then Mary is x + 4 and the sum of their ages is
x + x + 4 = 16
2x + 4 = 16 ( subtract 4 from both sides )
2x = 12 ( divide both sides by 2 )
x = 6
x + 4 = 6 + 4 = 10
then Mary is 10 and Sue is 6
Answer:
k = (6/15)
Step-by-step explanation:
The equation is:
6*(x + 1) + 2 = 3*(k*5*x + 1) + 3
To have no solutions, we need to have something like:
x + 7 = x + 4
where we can remove x in both sides and end with
7 = 4
So this equation is false, meaning that there is no value of x such that this equation is true, then the equation has no solutions.
First, let's try to simplify our equation:
6*(x + 1) + 2 = 3*(k*5*x + 1) + 3
6*x + 6 + 2 = 3*k*5*x + 3*1 + 3
6*x + 8 = 15*k*x + 6
if 15*k = 6, then the system clerly has no solution.
then:
k = 6/15
then we get:
6*x + 8 = (6/15)*15*x + 6
6*x + 8 = 6*x + 6
8 = 6
The system has no solutions.
Good news: they are all like terms
9x + 5x -3x -8x = 3x
145 divided by 7 =20.71
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