SOLUTION: Age Practice Problem
Ricardo is 6 years older than Hillary. In 8 years the sum of their ages will be 74. How old is Ricardo now?
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Question 1175131: Age Practice Problem
Ricardo is 6 years older than Hillary. In 8 years the sum of their ages will be 74. How old is Ricardo now?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let Ricardo ‘s age be and Hillary's age
if Ricardo is years older than Hillary, we have
....eq.1
if in years the sum of their ages will be , we have
....eq.2......substitute
...divide by
go to
....eq.1....substitute
answer: Ricardo is years old now
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