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

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anonymous · Answer

i could only think of 100 and 85

anonymous · Answer

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

anonymous · Answer

i get it thx

anonymous · Answer

wait i think i did it wrong

anonymous · Answer

my answer is wrong i can tell cant be 97 and

directrix · Answer

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

directrix · Answer

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