<PRE><B>Question 1189738</B>
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The sum of Mr. Micklow and Mrs. Craft&#39;s age is 55. The difference of their age is 3. What are their ages?
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&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Regarding this problem and its solutions in the posts by @mananth and @ikleyn (myself),
&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I&#39;d like to make one notice.



How this problem is worded, &amp;nbsp;we can not determine, &amp;nbsp;for sure, &amp;nbsp;the age of each participant.


After solving the problem, &amp;nbsp;we only can say that


  &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;EITHER &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Mr. Micklow is &amp;nbsp;29 years old and &amp;nbsp;Mrs. Craft is &amp;nbsp;26 years old,

  &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;OR, &amp;nbsp;in opposite, &amp;nbsp;Mr. Micklow is &amp;nbsp;26 years old and &amp;nbsp;Mrs. Craft is &amp;nbsp;29 years old,


In both cases, &amp;nbsp;the statements of the problem are true, &amp;nbsp;so both versions work well as answers.


As the problem is worded, &amp;nbsp;it does not allow to determine their ages in more precise way.



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