SOLUTION: Bob Hope was born 2 years after Clark Gable and 2 years before Henry Fonda. In 1951, after all three of them had their birthdays, the sum of their ages was 144. In what years were

SOLUTION: Bob Hope was born 2 years after Clark Gable and 2 years before Henry Fonda. In 1951, after all three of them had their birthdays, the sum of their ages was 144. In what years were

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Question 90228: Bob Hope was born 2 years after Clark Gable and 2 years before Henry Fonda. In 1951, after all three of them had their birthdays, the sum of their ages was 144. In what years were they born?
Answer by checkley75(3666) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
X+(X+2)+(X+4)=144
3X+6=144
3X=144-6
3X=138
X=138/3
X=46
HENRY FORD BORN 1951-46=1905
BOB HOPE BORN 1951-48=1903
CLARK GABLE BORN 1951-50=1901
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