document.write( "Question 29965: ok please help this one is hard,
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document.write( " The difference in the age of two girls is 1 year. The sum of their ages is 27. What are their ages? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #16723 by jb007mi6(53)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! 0K...one girl is x and the other is y \n" ); document.write( "you know the following \n" ); document.write( "{x-y=1 \n" ); document.write( "{x+y=27 \n" ); document.write( "so add both equations and you get 2x=28 so x=14 \n" ); document.write( "14-1=y \n" ); document.write( "y=13 \n" ); document.write( "the two girls are 13 and 14 \n" ); document.write( " |