SOLUTION: mara is eight years older than clara. three years age, mara's age is thrice as clara. what is the present age of mara?
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Question 1102851: mara is eight years older than clara. three years age, mara's age is thrice as clara. what is the present age of mara?
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mara is eight years older than clara. three years age, mara's age is thrice (three times) clara's age.
what is the present age of mara?
let m = mara's age today.
let c = clara's age today.
your equations are:
m = c+8
m-3 = 3*(c-3)
in the second equation, replace m with c+8 to get c+8-3 = 3*(c-3)
simplify to get c+5 = 3c-9
subtract c from both sides of this equation and add 9 to both sides of this equation to get 14 = 2c
solve for c to get c =7
when c = 7, m = c+8 = 15
3 years ago m-3 = 12 and c-3 = 4
12 = 3*4
solution is confirmed to be good because m = c+8 and m-3 = 3*(c-3)
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