Question

Marissa is 7 years older than Mark. The sum of their ages is 59. How old are Marissa and Mark?

(A) First write an equation you can use to answer this question. Use x as your variable.
The equation is __________
Answer: Mark is ___________
and Marissa is ________

Answer 1

mark is 26=x and marissa id 33

if you take 59 take away 7 you get 52

then you wil devide 52 and get 26

you will use the 7 you took out earlier and add it to one of the 26 which will give you mark(26=x) and marissas(33) age .