Question

Tanisha and elicia and ana are cousins. Tanisha is twice as old as Ana, and Elicia is two years older than tanisha. the summ if all their ages is 37. use the 5D process to determine the age of each girl

Answer 1

Tanisha = 14 years

Ana = 7 years

Elicia = 16 years

Explanation:

Let T = age of Tanisha

Let A = age of Ana

Let E = age of Elicia

Tanisha is twice as old as Ana:

T = 2A

⇒ A = (1/2)T

Elicia is 2 years older than Tanisha:

E = 2 + T

Sum of all their ages is 37:

A + E + T = 37

Substitute A = (1/2)T and E = 2 + T into A + E + T = 37 and solve for T:

⇒ (1/2)T + 2 + T + T = 37

⇒ (5/2)T = 35

⇒ T = 14

If T = 14, then

A = (1/2)T = (1/2) 14 = 7

If T = 14, then

E = 2 + T = 2 + 14 = 16