Henry is one more than two times as old as enrique . in 14 years, the sum of their ages will be 62. how old is enrique?

The age of Enrique is 11 years.

SOLUTION:

Given that, Henry is one more than two times as old as Enrique.  

In 14 years, the sum of their ages will be 62.  

We have to find the age of Enrique. Now, let the age of Enrique be n years.

Then, age of Henry becomes

And, in 14 years their ages becomes n + 14 and 2n + 1 + 14 = 2n + 15 respectively.

We know that their sum of ages = 62  

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r = the annual interest rate

n = the annual frequency of compounding (how many times a year interest is added)

t = the number of years the money is invested

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