SOLUTION: Sanjay is two years younger than Sara, who is 5 years older than Sasha. Sanjay's age and Sasha's age total 31. How old is Sara?

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Question 975081: Sanjay is two years younger than Sara, who is 5 years older than Sasha. Sanjay's age and Sasha's age total 31. How old is Sara?
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Let represent Sara's age. Then Sanjay is and Sasha is . Their total age is 31, so:



Hint: Nothing in the problem as stated demands that the ages be whole number years. Note that 2/3 of one year is 8 months.

John

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