Posted by BELLA on Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 7:42pm.
It's odd, most of the time, questions regarding ages are integer numbers. I agree with your answer, here's how you could have done it.
Let A,S, and C represent the age of each person.
The sum of the ages of Sonia, Collin, and Ana is 40, so
S+C+A=40......(1)
Sonia is twice as old as Ana, so
S=2A.......(2)
Ana is 6 years younger than Collin, so
C=A+6......(3)
Notice how S and C both have been expressed in terms of A.
Now substitute (2) and (3) in (1) to get
S+C+A=40
(2A)+(A+6)+A = 40
4A+6=40
4A=34
A=8.5
The rest is just substituting A=8.5 in equations (2) and (3).
Hope that helps.
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