Question

Pamela's age is two times Jiri's age. The sum of their ages is 69 . What is Jiri's age?

Answer 1

The first thing we need to do is define our unknowns.

Jiri's age can be represented by x

Pamela's age can be represented by 2x

So,

2x+x = 69

3x = 69

x = 23

So, Jiri is 23, and Pamela is 46.