SOLUTION: Alvin is 13 years younger than elga. the sum of thier ages is 27 what is elga's age

SOLUTION: Alvin is 13 years younger than elga. the sum of thier ages is 27 what is elga's age

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Question 1155798: Alvin is 13 years younger than elga. the sum of thier ages is 27 what is elga's age
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let Alvin's ae be and Ela's age
if Alvin is years younger than Elga, we have
....eq.1
if the sum of their ages is , we have
.....eq.2

substitute from eq.1

.....eq.2

Elga is years old.

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