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The sum of the ages of Art, Ben, and Cal is 59. Art is 1 year older than Cal and Cal is 1 year younger than Ben. Which of these people were teenagers 7 years ago?
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The sum of the ages of Art, Ben, and Cal is 59. Art is 1 year older than Cal and Cal is 1 year younger than Ben. Which of these people were teenagers 7 years ago?
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The sum of the ages of Art, Ben, and Cal is 59. Art is 1 year older than Cal and Cal is 1 year younger than Ben. Which of these people were teenagers 7 years ago? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
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The sum of the ages of Art, Ben, and Cal is 59.
a + b + c = 59
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Art is 1 year older than Cal
a = (c+1)
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and Cal is 1 year younger than Ben.
c = b - 1
or
b = (c+1)
Looks like a & b are the same age
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Replace a and b in the 1st equation
(c+1) + (c+1) + c = 59
3c = 59 - 2
3c = 57
c =
c = 19 yrs
then
a & b = 20 yrs
Which of these people were teenagers 7 years ago? All of them
