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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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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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