Question

the worlds oldest bride was 19 yr older than her groom. together, their ages totaled 185yr. how old were the bride and the groom.

Answer 1

i could only think of 100 and 85

Answer 2

Chose variables for the age of the bride and for the age of the groom then write equations that relate them

Answer 3

i get it thx

Answer 4

wait i think i did it wrong

Answer 5

my answer is wrong i can tell cant be 97 and

Answer 6

Let G represent the groom's age.
Then the bride's age, B, is 19 years more.

Let B = 19 + G

Answer 7

G + B = 185

G + (19 + G) = 185

2G + 19 + 185

Solve for G
Add 19 to the G value to get the B value. @cr7