SOLUTION: the total of three sisters' ages is 47. Jessica is half as old as Sydney and 3 years younger than Ruby. What is the age of each of the sisters?
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Question 390401: the total of three sisters' ages is 47. Jessica is half as old as Sydney and 3 years younger than Ruby. What is the age of each of the sisters?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the sisters ages be , , and
given:
This is 3 equations and 3 unknowns, so it's solvable
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