Stephanies Birthday

Michelle, Stephanie, and D.J are all

sisters. Stephanies birthday is coming
up and the sum of all their
ages after Stephanies
birthday will be 22. If Michelle
is 3 years younger than
Stephanie and D.J is 4 years
older than Stephaine, how old
are each of the girls?
This is their equation if X equals Stephanie:
X + (X - 3) + (X + 4) = 22

After they created the equation, the girls

worked together
to solve it.
This is how they solved the equation:
X + (X - 3) + (X + 4) = 22
X + X + X = 22 + 3 - 4
3X = 21
X = 21 3
X=7

Therefore,
Stephanie would
be 7, Michelle
would be 4, and
D.J would be 11.