SOLUTION: If Leah is 6 years older than her sister, Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue?
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Question 140550: If Leah is 6 years older than her sister, Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41. Then how old is Sue? Answer by Shifa(4) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let Sue's age be x.
Then, Leah's age is 6+x
John's age is 5+(6+x)
(5+(6+x))+(6+x)+x=41
17=3x=41
3x=41-17
3x=24
x=24/3
x=8
Sue's age= 8 years
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