Question

Use the information to find a linear algebraic equation model to use to answer the question being asked. When typing your answers do not include any spaces between your characters.Meya and Eric are joking that their combined ages equal Sam’s age. If Meya is twice Eric's age and Sam is 69 yr old, what are Meya and Eric's ages?Let m= Meya's ageLet e= Eric's ageWhat equation can we make to represent the relationship between Meya's and Eric's ages? AnswerUse your relationship from the question above to create an equation to find Meya and Eric's ages: AnswerMeya's age is AnswerEric's age is Answer

Answer 1

Meya's age is 46 year

Eric's age is 23 years

Explanation:

Let Meya age be m

Let Eric's age be e

The combination of Meya and Eric age is equal to Sam age

Sam age = 69 years

Meya is twice Eric's age

This implies that

m = 2e --------------- equation 1

Since the combination of their age will be equal to Sam age

m + e = 69 ------------ equation 2

To find Eric age, substitute the value of Meya age into the above equation

m = 2e

m + e = 69

2e + e = 69

3e = 69

Divide through by 3

3e/3 = 69/3

e = 23 year

Hence, Eric's age is 23 year

Since m = 2e

e = 23

m = 2(23)

m = 46 year