Let's call Maura's age now M and Cara's age now C.
We know Maura is five years younger than Cara. In symbols that is, M - 5 = C
We also know that 7 years ago Maura's age was half of Cara's. Maura's age 7 years ago was M-7 and Cara's age seven years ago was C-7. Since Maura's age (7 years ago) was half of Cara's we can write in symbols:

Let's take that last equation and substitute C - 5 for M (this is because according to our first equation these are equal). When we do this we get an equation with only C as the variable and solve for C as follows:







Cara is 17. Since Maura is 5 years younger she is 12.
As a check, seven years ago Cara was 10 and Maura was 5. It is the case that Maura was half Cara's age seven years ago.
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
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A is located at (-3,-5) B is located at (1,-9)
-3 + 1 = -2/2 =-1
-5 + -9 = -14/2 = -7
midpoint is (-1,-7)
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Simplifying
-7(x + -2) + 1 = 15 + -7x
Reorder the terms:
-7(-2 + x) + 1 = 15 + -7x
(-2 * -7 + x * -7) + 1 = 15 + -7x
(14 + -7x) + 1 = 15 + -7x
Reorder the terms:
14 + 1 + -7x = 15 + -7x
Combine like terms: 14 + 1 = 15
15 + -7x = 15 + -7x
Add '-15' to each side of the equation.
15 + -15 + -7x = 15 + -15 + -7x
Combine like terms: 15 + -15 = 0
0 + -7x = 15 + -15 + -7x
-7x = 15 + -15 + -7x
Combine like terms: 15 + -15 = 0
-7x = 0 + -7x
-7x = -7x
Add '7x' to each side of the equation.
-7x + 7x = -7x + 7x
Combine like terms: -7x + 7x = 0
0 = -7x + 7x
Combine like terms: -7x + 7x = 0
0 = 0
Solving
0 = 0
Couldn't find a variable to solve for.
This equation is an identity, all real numbers are solutions.