B: alex is 12 years older than george.
carl is three times older than alex
the sum of their ages is 68
find the ratio of george's age to carta de las des age.

The ratio of George age to Carl's age is 1:12.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let the age of George be 'g'.

Let the age of Alex be 'a'.

Also Let the age of Carl be 'c'.

Given:

The sum of their ages is 68.

So equation can be framed as;

Also Given:

Alex is 12 years older than George.

So equation can be framed as;

Now Given:

Carl is three times older than Alex.

But

So we get;

Now Substituting equation 2 and equation 3 in equation 1 we get;

Subtracting both side by 48 using subtraction property of equality we get;

Now Dividing both side by 5 using Division property of equality we get;

Hence George age

Now Alex age

Also Carl's age

Now we need to find the ratio of George age to Carl's age.

Hence  the ratio of George age to Carl's age is 1:12.

y = 0.77(x)

step-by-step explanation:

the jacket retains this value after 23% cut or retains 77% of original value. plug original 87 jacket price for x and the remaining value should be y.