Carly is 3 times her brother's age. The sum of their ages is no more than 24 years. Enter an inequality that can be used to represent this situation in the box, where x represents Carly's brother's age.
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Let the age of Carly's brother be x years.
Then, Carly's age will be 3x
Sum of both of their ages is 24 years
So, the equation will be as follows.
⇒ x + 3x = 24
⇒ 4x = 24
⇒ x = 24/4
⇒ x = 6 years
So, age of Carly's brother is 6 years and Carly's age is 6*3 = 18 years.
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Let the age of Carly's brother be x years.
Then, Carly's age will be 3x
Sum of both of their ages is 24 years
So, the equation will be as follows.
⇒ x + 3x = 24
⇒ 4x = 24
⇒ x = 24/4
⇒ x = 6 years
So, age of Carly's brother is 6 years and Carly's age is 6*3 = 18 years.
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