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

Question 722401: Bob Hope was born 2 years after Clark Gable and 2 years before Henry Fonda. In 1951, after all three had their birthdays, the sum of their ages was 144. In what years were they born?
My work:
2-x+2+x+x=144
x=140
I can't figure out how to make the equation or the to find the years each were born.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = Clark Gable's age in 1951
= Bob Hope's age in 1951
= Henry Fonda's age in 1951
given:

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Clark Gable was born in = 1901
Bob Hope's was born in = 1903
Henry Fonda was born in = 1905

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