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Question 906629
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jim iis 7 years older than janice, the sum of their ages are 41 what is each person age?
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let's Jim's age be
and Janice
given:
Jim is
years older than Janice:=>
...eq.1
the sum of their ages are
:=>
...eq.2
start with
...eq.2 and substitute
from eq.1
...solve for
........Janice
now find
...eq.1
..............Jim
