Question 1137681
patty is six years  younger than marci. seven  years ago , their ages totaled 26. hold old is each now
<pre>Let Patty's age be P
Then Marci's is: P + 6
As their ages summed to 26, 7 years ago, their ages now sum to 40 (26 + 2 * 7)
We then get: P + P + 6 = 40
2P = 34
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