Kombo is 5 years older than his brother kande. Their age add up to 33. How old is each of them?

      

Kombo is 5 years older than his brother kande. Their age add up to 33. How old is each of them?

  

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joseph
Let x represent kombo’s age in years
Let y represent kande’s age in years
The x +5 = y ------------equation 1
X + y = 31 ----------equation 2
Solve by substation method eq. 1 in eq. 2
X+ (x +5) = 31
2x = 31 -5
2x = 26
X = 13
Y =18

joseph rimiru answered the question on October 8, 2017 at 19:33


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