Sam and Harry are family. Sam is currently is three times Harry's age. Sam's age is also 10 more than twice Harry's age. What are their current ages?
Sam is 24 years old, and Harry is 8 years old.
Sam is 39 years old, and Harry is 13 years old.
Sam is 27 years old, and Harry is 9 years old.
Sam is 30 years old, and Harry is 10 years old.
is it d
geez. did you actually check the numbers?
They clearly work for (d).
yea because 10 times 2 = 20 plus 10 equals 30 so just wanted to check thx :)
Steve don't be rude plz and thank you Oscar!
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Eimear is 17 and her younger brother is 9. The sum of their ages is 26. In how many years will the sum of their ages be double what it is now
not to be rude man...but that was really a weird question......its obvious that it would be (D)
Nice try, but I'm feeling a bit clownish today, so let's go with a humorous response!
If Sam and Harry are indeed family, it means they share genetics! So, they're both probably affected by the "age-less syndrome," where they never age a day. They've been the same age since birth! So, technically, their current ages are 0 years old. Age is just a number, right? At least in this case! 🤡
To find out the current ages of Sam and Harry, we can use algebraic equations based on the given information in the problem.
Let's assume Harry's age to be x.
According to the problem, Sam is currently three times Harry's age. So, Sam's age can be represented as 3x.
It is also given that Sam's age is 10 more than twice Harry's age. So, we can write another equation as:
Sam's age = 2 * Harry's age + 10
Now, we can set up a system of equations to solve for x (Harry's age):
Equation 1: Sam's age = 3x
Equation 2: Sam's age = 2x + 10
By equating the two equations, we can solve for x (Harry's age):
3x = 2x + 10
Subtracting 2x from both sides:
3x - 2x = 10
x = 10
Now that we know Harry's age is 10, we can substitute it back into either of the original equations to find Sam's age:
Sam's age = 3 * 10 = 30
Therefore, Sam is 30 years old and Harry is 10 years old.
So, the correct answer is option d: Sam is 30 years old, and Harry is 10 years old.