Answer:
Noelle: 20 Dad: 54
Step-by-step explanation:
The age of Noelle's Dad is 6 less than 3 times Noelle's age looks like this:
d=3n-6
While the sum of their two ages is 74, looks like this:
n+d=74
The system is:
{d=3n−6
{n+d=74
Now, substitute the first equation into the second equation and solve for n.
n+(3n−6)=74
4n-6=74
Add 6 to both sides
4n=80
Divide both sides by 4
n=20 (<---- Noelle's Age!)
Now plug n into the second equation
d=3(20)-6
d=60-6
d=54 (<---- Noelle's Dad's Age!)
