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"The ages of three sisters are three consecutive even integers. The sum of the youngest and the oldest sisters' ages is twenty less than 4 time
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"The ages of three sisters are three consecutive even integers. The sum of the youngest and the oldest sisters' ages is twenty less than 4 times the middle sisters age. What is the age of the middle sister? Only an algebraic solution will be accepted."
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a
a+2
a+4
a+a+4=4*(a+2)-20
2a+4=4a+8-20
2a+4=4a-12
2a=16
a=8
a+2=10
a+4=12
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