Janine is twice as old as her brother Mark at the center of their ages is 24 hot how old is Janine

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Muhammad Ortiz

Mathematics

16 October, 09:29

Janine is twice as old as her brother Mark at the center of their ages is 24 hot how old is Janine

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Dana Sparks · Answer 1

Let Marc's age be x. If Jeanine is twice as old as Marc, then her age will be 2x. If their ages added together are 24, then you can create the following equation:2x + x = 243x = 24x = 8Remember that x is Marc's age. So if Marc is 8, and Jeanine is twice as old, she will be 16.