To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Sieman Corporation, the sum of an employee's age, in years, and the number of years employment must be at least 62. If a, where a <62, is a certain employee's age when hired and b is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between a and b?
Choose the correct choice from the following answers:
A) ab=62
B) a+2b=62
C) 2a+2b=62
D) 2a+b=62
E) a+b=62
We are told that when a certain employee was hired he was a years old and that the he needed minimum b years to be eligible for benefits.   Now,after b years of employment, when the employee will be be eligible for benefits, the employee will be a+b years old and will have b years of employment, thus{age after b years}+{employment years}=(a+b)+b=a+2b=62   Answer: a+2b=62
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To be eligible for retirement benefits at the Sieman Corporation, the sum of an employee's age, in years, and the number of years employment must be at least 62. If a, where a <62, is a certain employee's age when hired and b is the minimum number of years of employment required for the employee to be eligible for retirement benefits, which of the following equations represents the relationship between a and b?