SOLUTION: If leah is 6 years older than sue, and jhon is 5 years older than leah and the total of their ages is 41 how old is sue?
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Question 394782: If leah is 6 years older than sue, and jhon is 5 years older than leah and the total of their ages is 41 how old is sue?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I did this one yesterday, but here it is again.
Let
represent Sue's age. Then
represents Leah's age and
represents John's age, so:
Solve for
John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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