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carmen is 5 1/4 years younger than antoine. katy is 11 1/2 years older than carmen. to the nearest year, what is the difference in Antonio age and katy age?

carmen is 5 1/4 years younger than antoine. katy is 11 1/2 years older than carmen-example-1

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If Carmens age is x and Antoine is 5 1/4 years older than Carmen
then Antoine's age is x + 5 1/4
Katy is 11 1/2 years older than Carmen
hence, Katy's age is x + 11 1/2
its visible that Katy is older than Antoine since (x + 11 1/2 ) > (x + 5 1/4)
difference between Antoine's and Katy's age can be found out by subtracting Antoine's age from Katy's age
Difference = Katy's age - Antoine's age
= x + 11 1/2 - (x + 5 1/4)
= x + 11 1/2 - x - 5 1/4
= 6 (1/2 - 1/4)
= 6 1/4
6 1/4 rounded off to the nearest year is 6 years.
Therefore difference is 6 years.
Katy is 6 years older than Antoine
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