SOLUTION: Emily is 61 years old. Colin is 13 years older than Emily. Dan is 11 years younger than Emily. What is the total of their combined ages?

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Question 1146513: Emily is 61 years old. Colin is 13 years older than Emily. Dan is 11 years younger than Emily. What is the total of their combined ages?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) (Show Source):
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Just going by the description, needing only the simplest of arithmetic

Emily 61 Colin 74 Dan 50

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20060) (Show Source):
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Emily is 61 years old.

So Emily is 61.

Colin is 13 years older than Emily.

So Colin is 61+13 which is 74.

Dan is 11 years younger than Emily.

So Dan is 61-11 which is 50.

What is the total of their combined ages?

We add Emiliy's age, Colin's age and Dan's age, 61+74+50 = 185. Edwin