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Question 720367: traci is 5years younger than her sister. the sum of their ages is 49. how old is traci?
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Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Let represent Traci's age. Then the sister's age would be . So:



Solve for .

By the way, if I were Traci, I would be insulted that you didn't bother to capitalize my name.

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