<PRE><B>Question 1117997</B>
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Please be polite and look at how you have written your question before you submit it to us.&lt;br&gt;
&quot;How could Angeles be in 5 years.&quot; -- makes no sense!&lt;br&gt;
We know what you are really asking; but it shouldn&#39;t be our job to figure it out.&lt;br&gt;
You should know how to solve problems like this using formal algebra; it is good training when you get to more complicated problems where algebra is required.&lt;br&gt;
But you can get some good mental exercise by solving the problem by logical reasoning.&lt;br&gt;
Here&#39;s one (quite unorthodox!) way to do that.&lt;br&gt;
You are told that Angeles is 5 years younger than her husband Joseph, and that the sum of their ages is 63 years; and you are asked to find how old Angeles will be in 5 years.&lt;br&gt;
So add 5 years to her age.  The result will be her age in 5 years, which is what the problem is asking for.&lt;br&gt;
Furthermore, since she is actually 5 years younger than her husband, adding 5 years to her age makes her the same age as him.&lt;br&gt;
And when you add 5 years to her age, the sum of their ages is now 68.&lt;br&gt;
But now you have the sum of two equal ages being 68; that means each one is 34.&lt;br&gt;
So 34 is the age Angeles will be in 5 years.</PRE>