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Rainbow [258]
3 years ago
11

Stephen and Shane are twins. They came up with a math puzzle . Stéphen says he is (5x + 4) years old, and Shane says he is (10x

- 3) years old. What is the value of ? What are their ages?
Mathematics
1 answer:
Cloud [144]3 years ago
7 0
We can assume that 5x+4 = 10x-3 if they are twins and the same age, so take 5x from both sides to get 4=5x-3, add 3 to get 7=5x, and divide by 5, so x=1.4. We can then sub this value for x back into one of the equations, so (5x1.4)+4 to see that they are both 11 years old.
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