SOLUTION: ten years ago a man was as old as his wife is now. The man is now twice as old as his wife was then. How old are they both now?
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Question 300750: ten years ago a man was as old as his wife is now. The man is now twice as old as his wife was then. How old are they both now?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ten years ago a man was as old as his wife is now. The man is now twice as old as his wife was then. How old are they both now?
let the wife's age be x now
Let the husband's age be y now
y-10 =x
y=2(x-10)
y-x=10
y-2x=-20
y-x -y+2x=-20-10
-x=-30
x= 30 wife's age now
y-10=x
y-10=30
y=40 the husband's age now
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