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Ages II (Posted on 2012-12-27) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Determine the ages of Mary, George, Alice, Claire and Stephen if:
  1. Mary and George total 33 years between them.
  2. Alice and Claire total 95 years between them.
  3. Stephen and Mary total 72 years between them.
  4. Mary and Claire total 87 years between them.
  5. Stephen and George total 73 years between them.

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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If Stephen and George are separated by 73 years and Mary and Stephen are separated by 72 years, then the age difference between Mary and George is either 72+73=145 years or 73-71=1 year. It runs counter to the claim that Mary and George are 33 years apart.


Therefore, I presume that total ages rather than age differences between people are reported who come to our website in desperate need of help asking us to write my assignments UK.


Mary and George then have a 1 year age difference, thus when Mary + George = 33, Mary is 16 years old and George is 17 years old.


Mary + Stephen equals 72, making Stephen 56 years old.


Claire is 71 years old when Mary + Claire is 87, and Alice is 24 when Mary + Claire is 95.


In response, we have Alice 24, Claire 71, George 17, Mary 16, and Stephen 56. 

  Posted by Jennaburton on 2022-09-27 06:56:52
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