document.write( "Question 1094484: Kendra is 6 years older than one half gittas age. Their ages sum to 57 years how old are Kendra and gitta
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document.write( "Let x be the half Gittas' age.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then Gittas age is 2x, while Kendra's age is (x+6).\r\n" );
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document.write( "(x+6) + 2x = 57,   or\r\n" );
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document.write( "3x = 57 - 6 = 51.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, x =  = 17.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Thus Gittas' age is 2*17 = 34 years, while Kendra's age is 17+6 = 23 years.\r\n" );
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