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Which equation represents this sentence
“Mark is five years older than Jeffrey. The sum of Mark’s age and triple Jeffrey’s age is 73”

PLEASE HELP ME Which equation represents this sentence “Mark is five years older than-example-1
User Dstj
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Answer:

C

Explanation:

Let m represent Mark's age and j represent Jeffrey's age.

Mark is five years older than Jeffrey. Hence:


m=j+5

The sum of Mark's age and triple Jeffrey's age is 73. In other words:


m+3j=73

We can substitute:


(j+5)+3j=73

Therefore, our answer is C.

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