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Millie is four times as old as Marty. The sum of their ages is 6 years. Find how old the people are.

Solution

Millie is four times as old as Marty. The sum of their ages is 6 years. Find how old the people are.

Solution

Marty^{'} s age is : 1 \frac{1}{5}

Millie^{'} s age is : 4 \frac{4}{5}

Solution steps

Translate the problem into an equation:

4 x + x = 6

Solve for

x, 4 x + x = 6 : x = \frac{6}{5}

Find age

Marty^{'} s age is : 1 \frac{1}{5}

Millie^{'} s age is : 4 \frac{4}{5}

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