Question

the sum of jackies age and her dads age is 77. Her dads age is 5 more than three times her age. Write an equation and solve it to find jackie's age

Answer 1

Answer:

Age of jack is 18

Her father age is 59

Step-by-step explanation:

let age of jack is x

then her father age is 3x+5

then

Given,

x+3x+5=77

4x+5=77

4x= 77-5

4x = 72

x= 72/4

x=18

Then her father age is 3x+5 = 3(18)+5

=54+5

=59