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Question 389216: kevin is 5 years older than maria. four times maria's age is 2 more than twice kevin's age. how old are maria and kevin?
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Hi,  

Kevin is 5 years older than Maria    

Let x and (x+5) represent Maria's and Kevin's age respectively:

Write as we Read***

 4x = 2(x+5) + 2

Solving for x

 2x = 12

  x = 6, Maria's age.  Kevin is 11 years old.   (6+5)



CHECKING our Answer***

 24 = 22 + 2