Answer: 26 years.
Step-by-step explanation:
Let x = current age of Louise (in years).
Then current age of James = x+6
Eight years from now, James's age = x+6+8= x+14
4 years ago, Louise's age = x-4
According to the question
x+14 = 4(x-4)
⇒ x+14 = 4x-16
⇒ 4x-x = 16+14
⇒ 3x = 30
⇒ x= 10 = current age of Louise (in years).
current age of James = 10+6 = 16 years
Sum of current ages = 16+10=26 years.
hence, the sum of the current ages is 26 years.
The equation 3.3x - 6.6 = 2.7x is equal to the expression 0.6x = 6.6 (2nd option)
Answer:
For inverse operations, it helps make solving equations easier. Say if you'd rather add than subtract, then you can do the inverse of a negative equation.
Inverse operations are also very helpful for linear equations.
To find the inverse of an equation, we change the plus sign to a negative sign. Then, we switch the first number and the answer.
Ex:
13 - 2 = 11 (now change plus to minus)
13 + 2 = 11 (not the answer yet)
Now we switch the first number with the answer!
11 + 2 = 13
Hope this helped, I tried to explain it easily.
