Try breaking these into sections.
Twice: 2 times
The sum of: add
A number: choose a variable, like x
---Thus "the sum of a number and 4" becomes "add x and 4" which, mathematically, is "x+4"
-----Continuing to put it all together, "Twice the sum of a number and four" becomes "2 times (x+4)" which, mathematically, is "2(x+4)"
Is: equals
-------"Twice the sum of a number and four is" becomes "2(x+4)="
23 less than: subtract 23. This one tends to trick people; "23 less than" will become "__ - 23", NOT "23 - __"
three times the number: 3 times x
---"23 less than three times the number" becomes "subtract 23 from 3 times x" which, mathematically, is "3x-23"
-------So the final phrase: 2(x+4)=3x-23"
X=90 which (180-90) is 90 for m and n
Answer:
8/0.56, which equals 14.2857142857, but rounded it would equal 14.3! I am not sure if this is correct but I tried!
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
son = 6 mother = 48
Step-by-step explanation:
Mother = m
son = s
m = 8s
m+6 = 9/2 * (s+6)
so
2(8s + 6) = 9(s +6)
16s + 12 = 9s + 54
16s - 9s = 54 - 12
7s = 42
s = 42/7 = 6 years old
so the mother is 8s = 8*6= 48 years old