122 cats Mrs. Roberts is 3 times as old as her son. The sum of their ages is 48 years.
How old was Mrs. Roberts when her son was born?

24

Step-by-step explanation:

To find how old Mrs. Roberts was when her son was born, we first need to know both of their ages. I'm going to give Mrs. Roberts the variable m and her son the variable s.

Let's turn the two sentences about their ages into equations:

m=Mrs. Roberts and 3s= three times as old as her son

m=3s

m+s is the sum of their ages

m+s=48

Now substitute the first equation into the second one:

m+s=48

(3s)+s=48

4s=48

s=12

The son is 12 years old. Now substitute s into one of the equations to solve for the mother's age:

m=3s

m=3(12)

m=36

Mrs. Roberts is 36. Since they are asking how old she was when her son was born, we will subtract her son's age from her age, since she would be 12 years younger:

36−12=24

Mrs. Roberts was 24 when her son was born.

credit to CountryGirl on Socratic Q&A

first option

a function is a relation in which an input is paired with exactly one output.

so, let's find the right answer.

in our first option, our inputs are january, february, and march. the outputs are 30, 28, and 25. each input has it's own output. this is correct!

our second option we know is incorrect, because ms. valverade has two outputs, dogs and cats. this is not a function.

our third option is incorrect as well. the yellow square has two ouputs, the square and the triangle.

lastly, in our fourth option, we see the number 7 two times with a different output. therefore, this is not a function.

remember: each input must be paired with only one output!

step-by-step explanation: