en

English

Español

Português

Français

Deutsch

Italiano

Русский

中文(简体)

한국어

日本語

Tiếng Việt

עברית

العربية

Popular Word Problems >

Alvin's age is two times Elga's age. The sum of their ages is 27 . What is Elga's age?

Solution

A l v i n^{'} s a g e i s tw o t im es El g a^{'} s a g e . T h e s u m o f t h e i r a g es i s 27 . Wha t i s El g a^{'} s a g e ?

Solution

Elga^{'} s age is : 9

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

2 x + x = 27

Solve for

x, 2 x + x = 27 : x = 9

Elga^{'} s age is : 9

Popular Examples

Gavin is saving up money to buy a car. Gavin puts 5,000.00 into an account which earns 10% interest, compounded continuously. How much will he have in the account after 1 year?The circumference of a circle is 6pi m. What is the area, in square meters? Express your answer in terms of pi.factor first 30 prim number 85% of what number is 34?The research department of a board game company surveyed some shoppers at a local mall. The team asked shoppers how often they read the news, among other questions. Then the team played a memory card game with the shoppers. They recorded how many cards each shopper remembered.What is the probability that a randomly selected shopper reads the news 1-2 times a week given that the shopper remembered 1-3 cards?