en

English

Español

Português

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Русский

中文(简体)

한국어

日本語

Tiếng Việt

עברית

العربية

Popular >

Lauren's age is half of Joe's age. Emma is ten years older than Joe. The sum of Lauren, Emma, and Joe's age is 54. How old is Joe?

Solution

Lauren's age is half of Joe's age. Emma is ten years older than Joe. The sum of Lauren, Emma, and Joe's age is 54. How old is Joe?

Solution

Joe^{'} s age is : 17 \frac{3}{5}

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

\frac{1}{2} x + x + 10 + x = 54

Solve for

x, \frac{1}{2} x + x + 10 + x = 54 : x = \frac{88}{5}

Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers:

17 \frac{3}{5}

Joe^{'} s age is : 17 \frac{3}{5}

Popular Examples

my dog is like 20 years old, how old is my dolphin The diameter of a circle is 12 kilometers. What is the circle's circumference?The area of a circle is 100𝜋 square meters. What is the radius?Determine the simple interest earned on 10,000after 20 years if the APR is 10%.six less than a twice a number is 30