Jacob is asked to solve the follow problem: "Kayla is 9 years older than twice Hannah’s age. If the difference in their ages is

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16, how old is Kayla? How old is Hannah?" Jacob finds Hannah’s age to be 16 years. Is he correct? Explain

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tatiyna · Answer 1 · 2022-07-19T19:00:20+03:00

tatiyna3 years ago

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

k = 2h+9

h+16=k

h+16=2h+9

-h = -7

h = 7

hannah is 7 and kayla is 23

jacob is wrong because if u do 16*2+7 it’s 39 and 39-16 does not equal 16