Devaughn's age is two times Sydney's age. The sum of their ages is
51
. What is Sydney's age?

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Devaughn's age is two times Sydney's age. The sum of their ages is 
51
. What is Sydney's age?

kidrah69 · Answer

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jagr2713 · Answer

whats the blue around his question

kidrah69 · Answer

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kidrah69 · Answer

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jagr2713 · Answer

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kidrah69 · Answer

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preetha · Answer

Thanks Mira and Pooja for helping. Anona did you get an explanation?

swamijatin2 · Answer

you just take sydney's age x

swamijatin2 · Answer

this question saying that devaughn's is 2 times of S                                                                            
therefore age of D be 2x

swamijatin2 · Answer

acoording to question 
there sum is 51   
->  X + 2X=51

swamijatin2 · Answer

solve this

kidrah69 · Answer

they left....

alexandervonhumboldt2 · Answer

well yeah new users have manner to leave without ansering anything

anonymous · Answer

So S = 51/3 and D = 2times 51/3 = is 102/3  
Correct?

nnesha · Answer

translate into math form
|dw:1428150138397:dw|
3 ways to solve for x and y
elimination
substitution
and graphing 
if you want to do graphing method 
the solution is where both lines intersect  
and remember they are asking sydney's age