Fluffy, Spot and Skampy have a combined age in dog years of 91. Spot is 14 years younger than Fluffy. Skampy is 6 years older th

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an Fluffy. Create and solve an equation to find the age of Fluffy. Justify.

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WITCHER [35] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-01T19:37:23+03:00

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Answer: fluffy = 33yrs

Spot = 19 yrs

Skampy = 39 yrs

Step-by-step explanation:

Let fluffy = x

Spot = y

Skampy =z

x + y + z = 91 -------1

x -14 =y ------2

z = x + 6 --------3

Put eqn 2 and 3 in eqn 1

x + x - 14 + x + 6 = 91

3x = 99

x = 33

y = 33-14= 19

z = 33+6 = 39