SOLUTION: Kayden is 7 years older than Indigo. In 9 years the sum of their ages will be 53. How old is Kayden now?

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Question 1195205: Kayden is 7 years older than Indigo. In 9 years the sum of their ages will be 53. How old is Kayden now?
Found 3 solutions by Boreal, Alan3354, MathTherapy:
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
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K-7=I
K+9+I+9=53
K+9+K-7+9=53=2K+11
2K=42
K=21; I=14
in nine years, they will be 30 and 23.
Kayden is 21 now.

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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Kayden is 7 years older than Indigo. In 9 years the sum of their ages will be 53. How old is Kayden now?
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In 9 years, K will be 7 years older than I.
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I - K = 7
I + K = 53
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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source):
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Kayden is 7 years older than Indigo. In 9 years the sum of their ages will be 53. How old is Kayden now?

Let Kayden's age be K Then Indigo's is: K - 7 We then get: K + K - 7 + 2(9) = 53 2K - 7 + 18 = 53 2K = 42 Kayden, or