SOLUTION: Esther is 5years older than Gifty.Sandra is twice as old as Esther.the sum of their ages is 103.find each age

SOLUTION: Esther is 5years older than Gifty.Sandra is twice as old as Esther.the sum of their ages is 103.find each age

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Question 1059168: Esther is 5years older than Gifty.Sandra is twice as old as Esther.the sum of their ages is 103.find each age
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let g represent Gifty. Then Esther is g+5, and Sandra is 2(g+5). So:
g+g+5+2g+10=103
4g=88
g=22
Gifty is 22; Esther is 27, and Sandra is 54. ☺☺☺☺
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