SOLUTION: Andy is two years more than three times Ben's age. If the difference between their ages is 12 years, how old is Ben?

SOLUTION: Andy is two years more than three times Ben's age. If the difference between their ages is 12 years, how old is Ben?

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Question 1042218: Andy is two years more than three times Ben's age. If the difference between their ages is 12 years, how old is Ben?
Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Ben's age be n. Then Andy is 3n+2. So:
3n+2-n=12
2n=10
n=5
Ben is 5. ☺☺☺☺
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