Big boi and Travis Scott are performing at the super bowl. Travis Scott is 62 years younger than twice Big Boi's age. The sum of their ages is 70 years old. Use b to represent Big Boi's age. Write and solve an equation.

Step-by-step explanation:

let Travis' age be a.

so,

a + b=70 a = 2b - 62 twice big boi's age minus 62 (because Travis is younger)

Substitute a = 2b-62 in a + b=70. So, a in a+b becomes 2b-62

a + b=70⇒ 2b-62 + b=70 (this is your new equation)

2b-62 + b can be rewritten as 2b+b-62 which is also 3b-62

so, this equation (2b-62 + b=70) becomes 3b-62=70

3b-62=70 ⇒ 3b=70+62 ⇒ 3b=132

b=132/3

b=44

But remember

a + b=70

now you know b, you can find a

a = 70-b

a=70-44

a=26

big boi's 44 years old, travis is 26

you can also check by plugging the values in the second equation

a = 2b - 62

2 (44) - 62 is 26