Question 1193892: the ages of cindy and sam total 27 years.cindys's age plus twice sam's age is 40.how old is each person Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source):
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The ages of cindy and sam total 27 years. cindys's age plus twice sam's age is 40.
How old is each person?
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the ages of cindy and sam total 27 years. cindys's age plus twice sam's age is 40. how old is each person
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It is clear immediately as you read the problem, that the Sam's age is the difference 40-27 = 13 years.
Hence, the Cindy's age is 27-13 = 14 years.
ANSWER. Sam is 13 years old; Cindy is 14 years old.
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