Question

Justin is 2 years older than one third Marcella's age. Aimee is is four years younger than 2 times Justin's age. Define a variable and write an expression to represent Justin's age. Then find Justin's age and Aimee's age is Marcella is 63 years old.

Answer 1

M x 1/3 + 2. The variable is Marcella's age. If Marcella is 63, one third of her age is 21 so 21+2 = Justin is 23. Aimee is 23x2-4 so she is 62 years old.

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