Posted by jj on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 11:58pm.
Sheila's age is two years more than twice Nicole's age. The sum of their ages is the same as Steven's age. If Steven's age is ten years less than five times Nicole's age, ,find the age of each.
Write a verbal model!
Sh = 2Ni + 2
St = 5Ni -10
Sh + Ni = St
(2Ni + 2) + Ni = 5Ni - 10
Solve for Ni.
Read the above data out loud to get the verbal model.
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