Algae is 5 yrs younger than berenice. Tomas is 7 yrs older than berenice. The sum of ages of the three togather is 83' , how old is each?
So i did berenice : x
Algae: x-5
Tomas: x+7
x+(x-5) + x+7 = 83
buthow old is each??
Good so far.
x+(x-5) + x+7 = 83
3x + 2 = 83
3x = 81
x = 81/3
x = 27