Question

Jaime is 5 years older than her sister Amy. If the sum of their ages is 19, how old is Jaime?

Answer 1

12

Explanation:

I did process of elimination starring from 10

Answer 2

Jaime is 12 years old

Explanation:

Lets use J for Jaime and A for Amy

J=A+5 since Jaime is 5 years older than Amy

J+A=19 because their age sum is 19

We can then make that A=19-J

Plug in that to our first equation

J=19-J+5

J=24-J

2J=24

J=12

Jaime is 12

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