SOLUTION: Betty is three times older than her oldest child the two children are three years apart in that sums to 52

SOLUTION: Betty is three times older than her oldest child the two children are three years apart in that sums to 52

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Question 1080502: Betty is three times older than her oldest child the two children are three years apart in that sums to 52
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

3c,     c,            c-3
Betty, oldest child, other child

?

------oldest child age

"That", is what, in "in that sums to 52" ?
All three of their ages?

-------oldest child
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