SOLUTION: Shelly is 5 years older than Michele. Four years ago the sum of their ages was 65. Find the age of each person now.
Shelly is(fill in the answer) years
Michele is (fill in the
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Question 415196: Shelly is 5 years older than Michele. Four years ago the sum of their ages was 65. Find the age of each person now.
Shelly is(fill in the answer) years
Michele is (fill in the answer) years.
Four years ago Now
Shelly x + 1 x + 5
Michele x - 4 x
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Answer by MathLover1(20849) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let Shelly's age be and Michele's age be
given:
Shelly is years older than Michele.
so,
Four years ago the of their ages was
........replace and find
.........now find
so, Shelly is years old and Michele is years old
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