document.write( "Question 55922: If Leah is 6 years older than her sister, Sue,and John is 5 years than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue? \n" ); document.write( "
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If Leah is 6 years older than her sister, Sue,\r\n" );
document.write( "and John is 5 years than Leah, and the total \r\n" );
document.write( "of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = Sue's age\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...Leah is 6 years older than...Sue...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Leah's age is Sue's age plus 6 or (x+6)\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...John is 5 years than Leah...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "So John's age is Leah's age plus 5 or (x+6)+5\r\n" );
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document.write( ">>...the total of their ages is 41...<<\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Sue's age plus Leah's age plus John's age \r\n" );
document.write( "equals 41 OR\r\n" );
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document.write( "      x + (x+6) + (x+6)+5 = 41\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solve that and get x=8\r\n" );
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document.write( "So Sue is 8, Leah is 6 years older, or 14, \r\n" );
document.write( "and John is 5 years older than Leah, or 19.\r\n" );
document.write( "Checking:  8+14+19 = 41\r\n" );
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