Let Cynthia's age be C, then Abigail's age A
since Abigail is 8 years older, her age A = C+8.
20 years ago Cynthia's she was C-20 and Abigail was A-20=3(C-20)
A-20=3C-60
A=3C-40
but we just said A=C+8
so 3C-40=C+8
2C=48
C=24
A=24+8=32
Cynthia's age is 24 and Abigail's age is 32
Answer:
x = 4.5
Step-by-step explanation:
there's definitely other ways to solve this, but I used a proportion.
Then you can make this equation:
14x = 3.5 * 18
I solved for it and got 4.5 .
b. Every 24 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
A neon sign blinks every 6 minutes, and another sign blinks every 8 minutes.
The first step is to:
Find and list multiples of each time each neon sign blinks.
This means, we find the Multiples of 6 and 8
Multiples of 6:
6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36
Multiples of 8:
8, 16, 24, 32, 40
The first and common multiple of 6 and 8.
Therefore, the Least common multiple [LCM(6, 8) ] = 24
Hence, they often blink at the same time every 24 minutes.
Therefore, option b.Every 24 minutes is correct.
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