SOLUTION: John is 5 years older than Windell. Six years from now the sum of their ages will be 37 years. How old is each now?

Question 172229: John is 5 years older than Windell. Six years from now the sum of their ages will be 37 years. How old is each now?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = Windell's age now
So, = John's age (5 yrs older)
Six years from now, the sum of ages will be 37. Putting that into expression:

----->

, Windell's Age now
, John's Age now
Check in 6 yrs:

Thank you,
Jojo
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