AlyssaMarie101 AlyssaMarie101

02-11-2017
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Alvin's age is two times Elga's age. The sum of their ages is 78. What is Elga's age?

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MrWawas MrWawas

02-11-2017

Elga's age is 26. I solved this by: dividing 78 by 2, guessing a random number close enough too it, (in this case I just randomly chose 26) and multiplying it by two, then adding the numbers.

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kourtneyhayward kourtneyhayward

02-11-2017

78/3 is 26 and 26+26 is 52 so the answer is 52 for alvis and elgas age is 26

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