Question

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. Rob’s cat’s age is three times that of his pet lizard. When you add Rob’s cat's age to his lizard's age, you get 16. How old is Rob’s cat and his lizard?

(a) Write an equation that represents Rob’s cat’s and lizard’s ages.
(b) Solve the equation from Part (a). Show your work. State your solution as a complete sentence.

Answer 1

Answer: Let the age of the lizard be X then the cats age would be 3X ( three times the lizards age)A) write the formula: X + 3X = 16B) Solve:x +3x = 16Combine like terms:4x = 16Divide both sides by 4:x = 4Lizard age = 4Cats age = 12The lizards age is 4 and the cats age would be 3 times 4 which is 12.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Let the age of the lizard be X

then the cats age would be 3X ( three times the lizards age)

A) write the formula:

X + 3X = 16

B) Solve:

x +3x = 16

Combine like terms:

4x = 16

Divide both sides by 4:

x = 4

Lizard age = 4

Cats age = 12

The lizards age is 4 and the cats age would be 3 times 4 which is 12.