SOLUTION: Mike is 5 times as old as Bill and their difference of age is 24. Find their ages
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Question 1007653: Mike is 5 times as old as Bill and their difference of age is 24. Find their ages
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Call their ages m and b. Thus we have
m = 5b and
m - b = 24
Substitute the first into the second and get
5b - b = 24
4b = 24
b = 6
m = 30
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