2022 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 5

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Problem

Anna and Bella are celebrating their birthdays together. Five years ago, when Bella turned $6$ years old, she received a newborn kitten as a birthday present. Today the sum of the ages of the two children and the kitten is $30$ years. How many years older than Bella is Anna?

$\textbf{(A)} ~1\qquad\textbf{(B)} ~2\qquad\textbf{(C)} ~3\qquad\textbf{(D)} ~4\qquad\textbf{(E)} ~5$

Solution

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See Also

2022 AMC 8 (ProblemsAnswer KeyResources)
Preceded by
Problem 4
Followed by
Problem 6
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