SOLUTION: Suzie is five years older than her brother, Michael. Write an expression to represent the sum of their ages of Michael's age is represented by x

Question 766033: Suzie is five years older than her brother, Michael. Write an expression to represent the sum of their ages of Michael's age is represented by x
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Suzie is five years older than her brother, Michael. Write an expression to represent the sum of their ages of Michael's age is represented by x
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Michael:: x
Suzie:::: x+5
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Sum::: x + x+5 = 2x+5
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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