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Yasmine's mother is four time as old as her
Yasmine's sister is Ten years older than her
Find an expression in term of k for the sum of their ages, where k representatif Yasmine's age​

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[tex] \huge \boxed{\mathbb{QUESTION} \downarrow}[/tex]

  • Yasmine's mother is four times as old as her. Yasmine's sister is ten years older than her. Find an expression in term of k for the sum of their ages, where k represents Yasmine's age.

[tex] \huge \boxed{\mathfrak{Answer} \downarrow}[/tex]

Let's take Yasmine's age as 'k'.

(1) Given that, Yasmine's mom = 4 times as old as Yasmine = 4k (keyword ⇨ times = multiplication)

So, Yasmine's mom = 4 × k

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(2) Given that, Yasmine's sister = 10 years older than Yasmine = 10 + k (keyword ⇨ older than = addition)

So, Yasmine's sister = 10 + k