SOLUTION: Solve. An oil painting is 16 years older than a watercolor by the same artist. The oil painting is also three times older than the watercolor. Choices for the watercolor's age:

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An oil painting is 16 years older than a watercolor by the same artist. The oil painting is also three times older than the watercolor. Choices for the watercolor's age: 4, 8, 12

Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
= age of the watercolor
Since the oil painting is 16 years older than a watercolor,
= age of the oil painting.
Since the oil painting is also three times older than the watercolor,
= age of the oil painting, too.
So, .
Subtracting from both sides of the equation, we get

.
The watercolor is years old.
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