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Georgle is three times older than Maddle. If Georgle is 39 years old, which equation can be used to find m, Maddie's

age?

User Nirav Gadhiya
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3m=39
explaination;
M represents maddies age. since we know that georgie is 3 times her age you have to multiply 3 and m to get 39. 3 x m written in algebraic form is 3m and we know that 3m is equal to 39 or 3m=39
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