Answer is
When it's powered numbers, remember to choose the one with the largest power. For example,
And
Choose 10, same goes to y, where you choose 7 not 4 since 7 is larger.
Hope this helps. - M
Place the numbers below in order from least to greatest. Which number will go in the orange box?
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Answer is
When it's powered numbers, remember to choose the one with the largest power. For example,
And
Choose 10, same goes to y, where you choose 7 not 4 since 7 is larger.
Hope this helps. - M
I would start by setting up a chart like I did below.
Label one column age now and the other age in 5 years.
Since we don't know the son's age we use x.
We do know that the man's age is 4 times the son's age.
So the man's age will be 4x.
In the age in 5 year column, we add 5 to their current ages.
Now set up our equation.
Since it says "in five years" we use information in second column.
In 5 years time, he, "4x + 5", will be, equals,
3 times as old as his son, "3(x + 5)".
So we have 4x + 5 = 3(x + 5).
Solving from here, we find that x = 10.
So the son is 10 and the man is 4 times his age or 40.
