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mrs. west is 14 years younger than her aunt. if mrs. west’s age in years is as much below 60 as her aunt’s age is over 40, how old is each?

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12-03-2018

Let x=aunt's agethen x-14=Mrs West's ageso we have:60-(x-14)=x-40 simplify60-x+14=x-40 subtract x from each side and also subtract 60 and 14 from each side60-60-x-x+14-14=x-x-40-60-14 collect like terms
-2x=-114x=57------------aunt's agex-14=57-14= 43----------Mrs West's ageck60-43=57-4017=17

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