April's 6 years older than her brother daniel. in 16 years the sum of their ages will be 100 years. suppose that april is x years old now. solve the equations.

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Emmanuel Garrett

15 December, 02:33

April's 6 years older than her brother daniel. in 16 years the sum of their ages will be 100 years. suppose that april is x years old now. solve the equations.

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Eddy · Answer 1

A=6+d

a+16+d+16=100

sub 6+d for a

6+d+16+d+16=100

2d+38=100

minus 38 both sides

2d=62

divide both sides by 2

d=31

a=6+d

a=6+31

a=37

april is 37