The ages of Sylvana’s three daughters are consecutive even integers. The sum of their ages is 60. Write an equation that represents this situation. Then, find the age of each daughter.

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The ages of Sylvana’s three daughters are consecutive even integers. The sum of their ages is 60. Write an equation that represents this situation. Then, find the age of each daughter.

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the ages are 18, 20, 22. After all the math that is what I got

Samad Talukder answered Dec 16, 2017

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x + (2 + x) + (4 + x) = 60

3x + 6 = 60

3x = 54

x = 18
x + 2 = 20
x + 4 = 22

Their ages are 18, 20, 22

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