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Pamelas age is 3 times Jiris age. The sum of their ages is 96. What is Jiris age?

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Answer:

Jiri is 24 years old.

Explanation:

Let "J" represent Jiri's age.

We could use "P" to represent Pamela's age, but that wouldn't help us in solving this problem.

However, we do know that Pamela's age is 3 times Jiri's age, so we can write Pamela's age to be 3J (3 times Jiri's age.)

We also know that the sum of their ages is 96.

Thus, we have: Jiri's Age + Pamela's Age = 96 years of age.

And: J + 3J = 96

Simplifying, we obtain: 4J = 96

Divide by 4 on both sides: J = 24

User Manuel Romeiro
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Answer:

32

(32 x 3 ) 96

(96 divided by 3) 96

Explanation:

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