SOLUTION: Berly is twice as old as Gina.The sum of their ages in 24. How old is she now?
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Question 1056913: Berly is twice as old as Gina.The sum of their ages in 24. How old is she now?
Answer by Tatiana_Stebko(1539) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Berly be years old
Then Gina is years old
The sum of their ages is
multiply both sides by 2
divide both sides by 3
Berly is 16 years old now
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