Question

Devon is 2 times Sydney's age and sum of their ages =75

Answer 1

Answer: Sydney=25 Devon=50

Explanation:

Sydney's age is represented by x and since Devon is 2 times older (his/her) age would be represented as 2x. So added together would be 3x. So 3x=75. 75/3=25. So x=25 meaning that Sydney is 25 and Devons age is 50 as 25x2=50.

Answer 2

Devon is 50 and Sydney is 25

Explanation:

We know that d + s = 75 and that Devon is two times Sydney's age. This can be represented by 2s + s = 75 (keep in mind that 2s = d). Simplify the equation.

3s = 75

s = 25

Now we can substitute this in the original equation.

d + 25 = 75

d = 50

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