SOLUTION: the age of a girl in months is equal to the age of her grandmother in years if the differences between their ages is 66 years find there age

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Question 885035: the age of a girl in months is equal to the age of her grandmother in years if the differences between their ages is 66 years find there age
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let a = the age of the girl
let g = age of grandmother
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Write an equation for each statement
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"the age of a girl in months is equal to the age of her grandmother in years"
12a = g
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if the differences between their ages is 66 years "
g - a = 66
replace g with 12a
12a - a = 66
11a = 66
a = 66/11
a = 6 yrs is the girls age
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I'll let you find grandma's age




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