SOLUTION: Four years from now, Malia will be 3 times as old as Allison is then. The sum of their ages is 2 more than 5 times Allison's age now. What are the starting equations?

Question 1047324: Four years from now, Malia will be 3 times as old as Allison is then. The sum of their ages is 2 more than 5 times Allison's age now.
What are the starting equations?
Answer by ikleyn(52776) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Four years from now, Malia will be 3 times as old as Allison is then. The sum of their ages is 2 more than 5 times Allison's age now.
What are the starting equations?
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The starting equations are

M + 4 = 3*(A+4),    (1)   ("Four years from now, Malia will be 3 times as old as Allison is then.")

M + A = 2 + 5A.     (2)   ("The sum of their ages is 2 more than 5 times Allison's age now.")

I do not solve them, because you don't ask about it.

Good luck !

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