SOLUTION: Ricardo is 24 years old. Ricardo is twice as old as Antonio when Ricardo was as old as Antonio now. How old is Antonio now?

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Question 1089196: Ricardo is 24 years old. Ricardo is twice as old as Antonio when Ricardo was as old as Antonio now. How old is Antonio now?
Answer by ikleyn(52814)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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This wording is not so perfect as it is required in problems like this.

It is not perfect and therefore is not precisely accurate to be adequate.


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