SOLUTION: Brad is five years younger than Louise the sum of their ages is thirty one years how old is each person

SOLUTION: Brad is five years younger than Louise the sum of their ages is thirty one years how old is each person

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Question 1088235: Brad is five years younger than Louise the sum of their ages is thirty one years how old is each person
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Louise be n. Then Brad is n-5. So:
n+n-5=31
2n=36
n=18
Louise is 18; Brad is 13
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