SOLUTION: A teacher has two students, one three times as old as the other. The teacher is five times as old as the older student, and in 5 years she will be five times as old as her younger
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Question 1066759: A teacher has two students, one three times as old as the other. The teacher is five times as old as the older student, and in 5 years she will be five times as old as her younger student. Find the teacher’s present age.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
t Teacher
x Younger student
y Older student
Several ways to go. Note that the question is , find the teacher's age.
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Found y but again, question is to find t.
Teacher is 30 years old.
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