SOLUTION: Hannah is two yrs older than her sister and five yrs older than her brother. The sum of the three children's ages is 50. Write an equation using the information above. The use

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Question 1128001: Hannah is two yrs older than her sister and five yrs older than her brother. The sum of the three children's ages is 50.
Write an equation using the information above. The use the equation to find the ages of all 3 children.

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Hannah is two yrs older than her sister and five yrs older than her brother. The sum of the three children's ages is 50.
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PERSON     AGE
Hannah      x
Sister      x-2
Brother     x-5
Total       50


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------Hannah

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