Question

⭐️ I NEED HELP ASAP: Sam and Joe are brothers. Joe is five less than three times the age of Sam. If the product of their ages is 28, how old are Joe and Sam?

Please explain how you solved it too! Thank you!

Answer 1

joe=6

Sam=11

Explanation:

lets see...

i explain 1by1

firstly we know that joe is 5 - 3 x Sam

(read the sentences VERY CAREFULLY)

then, we put Sam as math variable "s"

it will be; 5-3 x S

`5 - 3 * s`

the total of their age is 28

`5 - 3 * s = 28`

simplify it

it will be 5-S3=28

then you will get 11 right

that will be sam's age

-5 and it will be Joe's age