Virginia, Adrienne, and Dennis have taught history for a combined tota

HI All,

This question can be solved by TESTing THE ANSWERS. From the prompt, we know that the three people have taught for a total of 96 years and that Virginia has taught for 9 more years than Adrienne and for 9 fewer years than Dennis. So Dennis taught the HIGHEST number of years (meaning that he had to have taught MORE than 96/3 = 32 years). Looking at the Answers, let's start with D....

Answer D: 41 years

IF....
Dennis = 41 years taught
Virginia = 41 - 9 = 32 years taught
Adrienne = 32 - 9 = 23 years taught
41 + 32 + 23 = 96 years taught

This is an exact match for what the prompt told us, so this MUST be the answer.

Final Answer:

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