document.write( "Question 242899: Sally is 4 years older than Tim. Together, the sum of their ages is 20. How old is each?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #177880 by JimboP1977(311)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let S = Sally's age, T = Tim's age\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "S = T+4 \n" ); document.write( "S+T = 20\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Subsitute T+4 into the second equation:\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "T+4+T = 20 \n" ); document.write( "2T+4 = 20 \n" ); document.write( "2T = 16 \n" ); document.write( "T = 8\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "So Tim is 8 and Sally is 12. \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |