Hannah and Anthony are siblings who have ages that are consecutive odd integers. The sum of their ages is 92. Which equations co

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uld be used to find Hannah’s age, H, if she is the older sibling?

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hodyreva [135] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-03T00:39:55+03:00

Answer:

The correct answers are 2h-2=92 and h-2=92-h.

Step-by-step explanation:

Hannah, h, is the older sibling and their ages are consecutive odd integers. This means that Anthony's age will be 2 less than Hannah's, or h-2.

The sum of these would be h+(h-2), giving us the equation h+(h-2)=92.

Combining like terms we would have the first correct choice, 2h-2=92.

Our first equation can be transformed, however, to have (h-2) by itself. To do this, we would subtract h from both sides, giving us h-2=92-h.