Tayshadeh2301 Tayshadeh2301
  • 12-02-2019
  • Mathematics
contestada

My sister is 14 years old. My brother says that his age minus tweleve is equal to my sister's age. How old is my brother

Respuesta :

jimthompson5910 jimthompson5910
  • 12-02-2019

Take his age, subtract off 12 and you get the sister's age

(brother's age) - 12 = sister's age

x - 12 = 14

x - 12+12 = 14+12 ... add 12 to both sides to undo "minus 12"

x = 26

The brother is 26 years old

Answer Link

Otras preguntas

A form of discrimination that is upheld by the law is called _____. de facto segregation legal discrimination Jim Crow laws subjugation
The sum of six times a number and 8 is equal to five times the number
how do you write 1.75 as a fraction
Prime factorization of 891
How did the construction of the Erie Canal improve transportation in the United States in the 1820s? The canal connected the Great Lakes to the Ohio River. The
A cylindrical soup can is 10cm tall and had a diameter of 6.36. What is the approximate volume? Can u explain how to solve it
What did the Emergency Banking Act allow the government to do? (4 points) to insure customers' deposits up to $5,000 to reorganize and reopen banks with enough
which enzyme is responsible for creating the covalent bonds that connect the sugar phosphate backbone of the new Dna molecules
What is the significance of the founding of the Carolinas? a. The Carolinas created additional manufacturing regions. b. New colonies were opened for settlers s
true or false monasteries became the center of learning and education in medieval society