SOLUTION: Oriana is 5 years older than her brother Francisco. The sum of their ages is 27. How old is each child?
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Question 99624: Oriana is 5 years older than her brother Francisco. The sum of their ages is 27. How old is each child?
Answer by doukungfoo(195) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Francisco = x
Oriana = x+5
Sum of ages is 27
so
now solve for x
simplify
combine like terms
isolate term with x
divide both sides by 2
Now that you have solved for x you know Francisco is 11
use that to find Oriana's age.
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