"cary is 8 8 years older than dan. in 5 5 years the sum of their ages will be 96 96. find the age of each man now."

"Cary is 8 years older than Dan. In 5 years the sum of their ages wil equal 96. Find both their ages now. Solve using equations." 

x = Dan's age now
x + 8 = Cary's age now {Cary is 8 yrs older than Dan} 

x + 5 = Dan's age in 5 years
x + 13 = Cary's age in 5 years 

x + 5 + x + 13 = 96 {in five years the sum of their ages will be 96}
2x + 18 = 96 {combined like terms}
2x = 78 {subtracted 18 from both sides}
x = 39 {divided both sides by 39}
x + 8 = 47 {substituted 39, in for x, into x + 8} 

Dan is 39 years old
Cary is 47 years old

answer:

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

explanation:

service only with 20% tip  

→

$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

in the opening of the question the word 'service' is associated only with the pretax value.

the closing part of the question asks: how much did she pay for the  

service

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so technically the answer is  

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$

72.6

(

1

+

20

100

)

=

$

87.12

however, the intention of the question provider may have been that your answer is to be  

$

87.12

(

1

+

8

100

)

=

$

94.09

to 2 decimal places.

'

payment just for service  

→

$

87.12

payment for service including tax

→

$

94.09

tony b

mar 21, 2017

answer:

trying to explain it another way

explanation:

service charge  

.

→

$

72.60

20% tip  

20

100

×

$

72.60

=

$

14.52

−−−−−−  

←

add

$

87.12

tax  

8

100

×

$

87.12

=

$

6.97

−−−−−  

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add

$

94.09

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