Problema Solution

jack was 8 tears older than pricilla. Together their ages totaled 154 tears. what were their ages?

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Let the age of Pricilla be x years and that of Jack is then x+8 years.

 

Acc to the question:

 

x + x+8 = 154

=> 2x = 154-8 = 146

=> x = 73

Hence the age of Pricilla was 73 years and that of Jack was 81 years.