2 years ago

Pam's age is 3 times din age the sum of the ages is 32. What Jim's age?

Mathematics

1 answer:

larisa [96]2 years ago

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Jim’s age is 8 years old.

Steps:

The sum is x + 3x = 32
We solve for x:

x + 3x = 32

4x = 32

x = 8

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