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Sonia is 3 years older than her brother. Taking Sonia’s age as years and her brother’s age as years, which equation models this?

Class 9Linear Equations in Two VariablesLinear Equations
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D

Step-by-Step Solution

Sonia’s age = brother’s age + 3, so , i.e. would make the brother the older one, and adds their ages instead of comparing them.)
Answer: B)

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- Let → . So (0, 6) is a solution (this is the -intercept).
- Let → . So (2, 3) is a solution.
- Let → . So (4, 0) is a solution (this is the -intercept).
- Let → . Same as above.

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