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Max is four years younger than his sister brenda. the total of their age is 16. write and solve an equation to find their ages.

Max is four years younger than his sister brenda. the total of their age is 16. write and solve an equation to find their ages.
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max is four years younger than his sister brenda. the total of their age is 16. write and solve an equation to find their ages.

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X is Brenda
X - 4 is Max

X + (X - 4) = 16
2X -4 = 16
2X = 20
X = 10
This means that Max is 6 and Brenda is 10
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