Question

ebony is twice Devon's age. The sum of their ages is 42. Write an equation to represent the situation. ​

Answer 1

x+2x=42

Explanation:

Devon's age=x

ebony is x times 2

The sum of their ages is 42 meaning x+2x=42

Devon is 14 and Ebony is 28

this is because 14+28=42

Answer 2

42 divided by 3

this would be the answer because one of the thirds we are multipling by would be devons age and the other two are ebonys age.

(ebony is 14 and devon is 7 btw)