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Eya is 7 less than threee times bills age.if eya is 17 how old is bill
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Eya is 7 less than threee times bills age.if eya is 17 how old is bill

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Hello!

We do the opposite than what is says in the problem

Eya is 7 less than three times bills age

We add 7 to Eya age

17 + 7 = 24

It says three times bills age so we divide by 3

24 / 3 = 8

Bill is 8

Hope this helps!
User SPSN
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(17+7)(3)=x (bills age)
24(3)=x
x=72
bill is 72
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