SOLUTION: john is 50 years old . His age is 2 years more than 3 times the age of sally. How old is sally

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Question 1104651: john is 50 years old . His age is 2 years more than 3 times the age of sally. How old is sally

Answer by owandera(2)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let Sally's age be y
then 3y + 2 = 50
3y = 48
y = 16
Sally is 16 years old

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