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Ariel age is twice that of her brother Ben. The sum of their age is 24. Find their ages. Please help :)

Ariel age is twice that of her brother Ben. The sum of their age is 24. Find their ages. Please help :)
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Ariel age is twice that of her brother Ben. The sum of their age is 24. Find their ages.

Please help :)

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2x in this case x is Bens age, so 2x+x=24, 3x=24. X=8 and that’s bens age and Ariels age is 2(8) which is 16
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