Mother is twice as tall as her daughter Pam. The sum of their height is 270 cm. How tall is Pam? How tall is her mother?

I tried dividing but it doesn't seem right.

3p=270 the answer is 90cm I hope this helps you whit your homework or something else i just hope this helps you stay positive ok even in the worst

How tall is her mother

p = Pam

p + 2p = 270

3p = 270

p = 90 cm

To solve this problem, let's assign variables to the heights of Pam and her mother.

Let's let "x" represent Pam's height in centimeters.

Since we are told that the mother is twice as tall as Pam, we can represent the mother's height as 2x.

The sum of their heights is given as 270 centimeters, so we can set up the equation:

x + 2x = 270

Combining like terms, we get:

3x = 270

Now, to solve for x, we divide both sides of the equation by 3:

3x/3 = 270/3

This simplifies to:

x = 90

So Pam's height is 90 centimeters.

To find the mother's height, we can substitute this value of x back into the expression for the mother's height:

2x = 2 * 90 = 180

Therefore, the mother's height is 180 centimeters.