All of the girls are Danielle's cabin at camp are the same age. Their counselor is 3 times their age. Danielle's age and her counselor's ages at up to 28. Write an equation that can be used to find the ages of Danielle and her counselor.
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Answer:see the explanationStep-by-step explanation:LetD -----> Danielle's ageC -----> Counselor's agewe know that[tex]C=3D[/tex] ----> equation A[tex]D+C=28[/tex] ----> equation Bsubstituteequation A in equation B[tex]D+3D=28[/tex] ----> equation that can be used to find Danielle's ageSolve for D[tex]4D=28[/tex][tex]D=7[/tex]Find the value of C[tex]C=3D[/tex] ----> equation that can be used to find Counselor's agesubstitute the value of D[tex]C=3(7)=21[/tex] thereforeDanielle's age is 7 and Counselor's age is 21