Max and his friend eke are comparing their ages. they figure out that if they double max's age from 3 years ago and add it to zee's current age, the sum is 26.if zeke is currently 8 years old determine how old max currently is.

Max is currently 12 years old.

Step-by-step explanation:

Zeke's current age = 8 years

Lets take Max's current age as years.

Then Max's age 3 years ago =

Double Max's age 3 years ago =

Double Max's age 3 years ago + Zee's current age = 26

⇒ + =

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So Max's current age is 12 years.

b

step-by-step explanation:

a difference is the result of subtraction. while each of these expressions has subtraction in it, a difference will be the result when subtraction is the last operation applied in the order of operations for the expression. this means subtraction must be outside of the parenthesis. only b has this.