SOLUTION: ABENA IS NOW THREE TIMES AS OLD AS BEN.TEN YEARS AGO ABENA WAS FIVE TIMES AS OLD AS BEN.FIND THEIR AGES NOW
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Question 1088735: ABENA IS NOW THREE TIMES AS OLD AS BEN.TEN YEARS AGO ABENA WAS FIVE TIMES AS OLD AS BEN.FIND THEIR AGES NOW
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ten years ago,
Substituting,
Solve for B, then use either equation to solve for A.
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