SOLUTION: Meg and her twin brother James are 3yrs older than their sister Hannah and 2yrs younger than their brother Will. If the sum of the 4 childrens age is 55, how old are the children?

Question 497467: Meg and her twin brother James are 3yrs older than their sister Hannah and 2yrs younger than their brother Will. If the sum of the 4 childrens age is 55, how old are the children?
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Meg and her twin brother James are 3yrs older than their sister Hannah and 2yrs younger than their brother Will.
If the sum of the 4 childrens age is 55, how old are the children?
:
Let t = the twins, Meg and Jame's age
then
t - 3 = Hannah's age
and
t + 2 = Will's age
:
"If the sum of the 4 childrens age is 55,"
:
twins + Hannah + Will = 55 yrs
2t + (t-3) + (t+2) = 55
4t - 1 = 55
4t = 55 + 1
4t = 56
t = 56/4
t = 14 yrs is the twins age
then
14-3 = 11 is Hannah's age
and
14+2 = 16 is Will's age
;
;
Check 28 + 11 + 16 = 55
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