Question

Mark, Taylor, & Brian's ages are consecutive whole numbers. Mark is the youngest, and Brian is the oldest. The sum of their ages is 111. How old is Taylor?
A) 34 years old
B) 35 years old
C) 36 years old
D) 37 years old

Answer 1

consecutive means one after the other.

\[Mark = n\]

\[Taylor, n+1\]

\[Brian, n+2\]

now the SUM = addition. just solve for n

\[n+(n+1)+(n+2) = 3n+3 = 111\]

Answer 2

@jurynee so what's n or mark's age?

Answer 3

im trying to solve it out

Answer 4

would it be 6

Answer 5

so we've got 3n+3 = 111

we need to get 3n by itself

we can do this by subtracting 3 from both sides first

Answer 6

nvm

Answer 7

\[3n = 108 \]

so what's n now marks age?

Answer 8

36

Answer 9

now what's 36+37+38?

Answer 10

111

Answer 11

i got it wrong it was 37

Answer 12

it asked for taylor's age..

mark is 36
so taylor would be 37
and the other guy 38

Answer 13

did you understand how I got the equation?

Answer 14

yes