Let f be the fathers age and let s be the sons age
f = 60 s = 30
when f = 45
s = 15 which is only a third if his fathers age
when f = 40
s = 10 which is a quarter of his fathers age
therefore when his father was 4 times his age, the son was 10
You multiply 4 by 3 because he got 4 stamps each week for 3 weeks. That leads to it being 12 stamps in total.
He wants 6 stamps out of 12 on each page of his album, so you divide 12 by 6 and get two.
He will use 2 pages.
The tools used were mathematical reasoning, multiplication and division.
Answer: there is only one solution
Step-by-step explanation:
Combine like terms by performing the opposite operation of subtracting 4x on both sides of the equation
The 4x's will cross out on the right
4x - 4x = 0x = 0
On the left:
2x - 4x = -2x
Now the equation looks like:
-2x + 3 = 2
Continue to combine like terms by subtracting 3 on both sides of the equation
On the left:
3 - 3 = 0
On the right:
2 - 3 = -1
Equation:
-2x = -1
Isolate x by performing the opposite operation of dividing -2 on both sides of the equation
On the left:
-2x ÷ -2 = 1
On the right:
-1 ÷ -2 = 1/2
x= 1/2
