Alvin is 5 years older than Elga. The sum of their ages is 93 . What is Elga's age?

Answer 1

Let's let the variable E represent Elga's age.

Then Alvin's age would be represented by: E + 5

Since the sum of their ages is 93 , we can write and solve the following equation to find Elga's age:

Elga's age + Alvin's age = 93

E + E + 5 = 93

Now combine like terms and use inverse operations to solve the equation:

2 E + 5 = 93

2 E + 5 - 5 = 93 - 5

2 E = 88

2 E /2 = 88/2

E = 44

Elga's age is 44 years.