SOLUTION: John is five years older than Betty while betty's daughter is half Betty years and when you add together their ages it gives you a sum of 100

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Question 1152756: John is five years older than Betty while betty's daughter is half Betty years and when you add together their ages it gives you a sum of 100
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
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Person                        AGE
JOHN                          2d+5
BETTY                         2d
DAUGHTER of BETTY              d
TOTAL                         100

Think about those numbers shown; you may see, d=19 without writing any calculation steps.