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phil's age is 7 years more than 1/5 times peter's age.also,4 times phil's age is 2 years less than twice peter's age .if x is peter age in years ,identify the identify the equation that represents the situation and identify the solution to the equation .

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Let Peters age be x
Phil's age is 1/5x+7---------------------------(i)
Phil's age can also be calculated as 
4(1/5x+7)=2x-2--------------------------------(ii)
So,
4/5x+28=2x-2
28+2=2x-4/5x
30=10/5x-4/5x
30=6/5x
x=30*[tex] \frac{5}{6} [/tex]
x=25

x=30

x=25


I might be wrong.

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