SOLUTION: Caleb is 13 years older than Kayla. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 55. How old are they now?
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Question 1089089: Caleb is 13 years older than Kayla. Ten years ago, the sum of their ages was 55. How old are they now?
Answer by jorel1380(3719) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let k be Kayla. Then Caleb is k+13. So:
k-10+k+13-10=55
2k=62
k=31
Kayla is 31; Caleb is 44.
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