Question

Jenny's mother is 5 years older than twice Jenny's age. The sum of their ages is 62 years. This is represented by the equation x + 2x + 5 = 62, where x is Jenny's age.

Answer 1

Answer:

Jenny is 19 and her mother is 43

Explanation:

Hello!

I'd assume you want Jenny's age and her mother's age.

In that case, we have the following:

x + 2x + 5 = 62

Simplify:

3x + 5 = 62

Simplify:

3x = 57

Simplify:

x = 19

Now, we plug-and-chug:

19 * 2 = 38

38 + 5 = 43

43 + 19 = 62

So we are correct!

Thus, $\boxed{{\text{Jenny\:is\:19\:and\:her\:mother\:is\:43.}}}$.

Hope this helps!