SOLUTION: Susy is 5years older than her sister the sum of their ages is 51 write an equation to find susy'd age

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Question 1052959: Susy is 5years older than her sister the sum of their ages is 51 write an equation to find susy'd age
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Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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Susy is 5 years older than her sister the sum of their ages is 51 write an equation to find susy's age
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Let A = Susy age.
Then her sister age is (A-5).

Your equation is

A + (A-5) = 51.

Simplify and solve it.


Answer by MathTherapy(10551) About Me  (Show Source):
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Susy is 5years older than her sister the sum of their ages is 51 write an equation to find susy'd age
Let Susy's age be S

Then her sister's is: S - 5

Equation to solve for Susy's age: highlight_green%28S+%2B+S+-+5+=+51%29