SOLUTION: Pauline is 2 years younger than Shirley. Four years from now the sum of their ages will be 36. Find their present ages.

SOLUTION: Pauline is 2 years younger than Shirley. Four years from now the sum of their ages will be 36. Find their present ages.

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Question 32256: Pauline is 2 years younger than Shirley. Four years from now the sum of their ages will be 36. Find their present ages.
Answer by Cintchr(481) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Substitute equation 1 into equation 2

combine like terms

subtract 10

divide by 2

Plug this back into the first equation

CHECK:

YES!!!

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