SOLUTION: Mrs. West is 14 years younger than her aunt. If Mrs. West's age in years is as much below 60 as her aunts age is over 40 how old is each? I need help setting the problem up.

Question 763063: Mrs. West is 14 years younger than her aunt. If Mrs. West's age in years is as much below 60 as her aunts age is over 40 how old is each?
I need help setting the problem up.
Answer by Stitch(470) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let A = the Aunt's age
Let B = Mrs. West's age
Equation 1:
Equation 2:
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Plug (B + 14) into equation 2 for A.
Equation 2:

Combine like terms.

Add B to both sides.

Add 26 to both sides.

Divide both sides by 2.

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Now plug 43 into equation 1 for B.
Equation 1:

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