SOLUTION: How would I set up this word problem to solve it? Mary is 3 years less than twice Junes's age. The sum of their ages is 27. How old is each of them?
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Question 812043: How would I set up this word problem to solve it? Mary is 3 years less than twice Junes's age. The sum of their ages is 27. How old is each of them?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let 
represent June's age. Then 
must represent Mary's age. Add and and set the sum equal to 27. Solve for , then calculate
John
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