SOLUTION: Yesterday one kitten was 4 times the age of another kitten. Today the sum of their ages is 10 days. How old are the two kittens today?

Question 859986: Yesterday one kitten was 4 times the age of another kitten. Today the sum of their ages is 10 days. How old are the two kittens today?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let their ages today be and days
Let be the older kitten
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Yesterday their ages were days
and days
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(1)
(2)
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(1)
(1)
Add equations (1) and (2)
(1)
(2)

and
(2)
(2)
(2)
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Their ages are 7.4 days and 2.6 days
check:
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
OK

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