Celebrity Birthdays with Systems of Equations (Part 1)
by David Pleacher



Solve each system below.   You must show your work!

Then follow the instructions to determine the birthdays of the celebrities.

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Now discover the birthdays of these famous people.

1. LeBron James and Tiger Woods share their birthday with Rudyard Kipling and Suzy Bogguss:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


2. Donald Trump and Steffi Graf share their birthday with Harriet Beecher Stowe:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


3. John F. Kennedy and Melissa Etheridge share their birthday with Patrick Henry:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


4. Abraham Lincoln shares his birthday with Judy Blume:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


5. Hillary Clinton and Pat Sajak share the same birthday:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


6. J.K. Rowling and Wesley Snipes share the same birthday:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


7. Elvis Presley and Stephen Hawking share the same birthday:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


8. Michael Phelps and Mike Tyson share the same birthday:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


9. Peyton Manning and Harry Houdini share the same birthday:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____


10. Michelle Obama and Muhammad Ali share their birthday with James Earl Jones, Ben Franklin and Dwayne Wade:

= Month = _____

= Day = ____






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