SOLUTION: if the sum is 60 and there are two sisters and one is 16 years older than the other what is the age of each sister?
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Question 933664: if the sum is 60 and there are two sisters and one is 16 years older than the other what is the age of each sister?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the age of the Younger. age of the older
.........
(x+16) + x = 60
2x = 44
x = 22, age of the Younger. The older 38.
And...checking
Sum = 60
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