Homework Help: math word probelm

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 12:43pm.

If Leah is six years older than Sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah, and the total of their ages is 41, then how is Sue?

math word probelm - Reiny, Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 12:52pm
Sue's age ---> x
Leah's age --> x+6
John's age --> x+6 + 5 = x+11

x + x+6 + x+11 = 41

solve for x to get Sue's age

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