SOLUTION: if you double gertas age and then subtract six you have zeldas. age two years ago the sum of their ages was 29. how a=old are the girls now and how?

Question 1096193: if you double gertas age and then subtract six you have zeldas. age two years ago the sum of their ages was 29. how a=old are the girls now and how?

Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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If you double Gerta's age and then subtract six, you have Zelda's age. Two years ago the sum of their ages was 29. How old are the girls now and how?
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g, Gerta
z, Zelda

Sum of their ages NOW would be .

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Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if you double gertas age and then subtract six you have zeldas. age two years ago the sum of their ages was 29. how a=old are the girls now and how?

Let Gerta's and Zelda's ages be G and Z, respectively
Then we get: 2G - 6 = Z ------- eq (i)
Also, G - 2 + Z - 2 = 29____G + Z = 33 ------ eq (ii)
G + 2G - 6 = 33 ----- Substituting 2G - 6 for Z in eq (ii)
3G = 39
G, or
You should now be able to find Zelda's.
BEWARE!!! The other person is WRONG/INCORRECT, as usual!
STAMPSGREEN, People need to IGNORE you, as you are CLUELESS! Say NOTHING about what you know nothing about!
Answer by greenestamps(13200)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

You can ignore tutor MathTherapy's admonition to beware of the first solution you got for this problem. You can probably see that his solution method and the first one you got are exactly the same....
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