SOLUTION: After 16 years, Seema will be three times as old as she is now. Find her present age.

Question 727853: After 16 years, Seema will be three times as old as she is now. Find her present age.
Answer by fcabanski(1391) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Seema is x years old. In 16 years she will be x+16 years old. That age is three times her current age: x+16 = 3x

16 = 2x

x=8 years old.

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