Question

The sum of the ages of Jeremy and Kimberly is 64 years. 8 years ago, Jeremy's age was 2 times Kimberly's age. How old is Jeremy now?

Answer 1

Answer:

36.666 (The six keeps going)

Step-by-step explanation:

In this question you'll be trying to find out what x is.

(x-8), this is from the amount of years ago and 2(56-x) is from subtracting 8 with 64 and the 2 came from the fact that Jeremy is twice the age.

(x-8)=2(56-x)

x-8=102-2x

Now we want to have x by itself  so we'll add 2x on both sides to remove the -2x from the right side.

3x-8=102 (Add up on both sides)

3x=110 (Divide by 3)

x=36.666