SOLUTION: How do you write the equation for this problem? Alex and Alicia are twins. Kevin is 5 years older than the twins. Their ages total 53. How old are the twins?

Question 240706: How do you write the equation for this problem?
Alex and Alicia are twins. Kevin is 5 years older than the twins. Their ages total 53. How old are the twins?
Answer by College Student(505) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Alex = x
Let Alicia = x
Since they are twins we can assign the same variable to both of them.
Let Kevin = x+5
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Since the sum of their ages is 53, the equation becomes:

Now, solve for x to find the twin ages.

...this is how old each of the twins are.
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To find out Kevin's age, you would add 5 years.
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Done! :)
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