SOLUTION: Elsie is 6 years older than Andie. The sum of their age is 50. How old is Elsie? How old is Andie?
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Question 953851: Elsie is 6 years older than Andie. The sum of their age is 50. How old is Elsie? How old is Andie?
Answer by EdenWolf(517) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let a = Andie's age, and (a+6) = Elsie's age. Set up an equation.
Solve for a.
We've found Andie's age, but we still have to find Elsie's age, so add 6 to 22.
Thus, Andie is 22 years old and Elsie is 28.
Hope I helped!
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