Octavio Suarez

Mathematics

14 June, 10:47

Martina is currently 14 years older than her cousin Joey.

In 5 years she will be 3 times as old as Joey. Use this information to

answer the following questions.

a. If you let x represent Joey's current age, what expression can you use

to represent Martina's current age?

b. Based on your answer to part a, what expression represents Joey's age

in 5 years? What expression represents Martina's age in 5 years?

c. What equation can you write based on the information given?

d. What is Joey's current age? What is Martina's current age?