SOLUTION: jamie is 5 years older than her sister amy. If the sum of their ages is 19, how old is jamie?
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Question 189858: jamie is 5 years older than her sister amy. If the sum of their ages is 19, how old is jamie?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let j and a be the ages of jamie and amy
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j+a=19........eq 1
j=a+5.........eq 2
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take j's value from eq 2 and plug it into eq 1
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a+5+a=19
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2a=14
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a=7
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j=a+5=7+5=12
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