SOLUTION: Andrew is 33 years old. Ciara is 21 years old. How many years ago was Andrew's age 5 times Ciara's age?

Question 1125340: Andrew is 33 years old. Ciara is 21 years old. How many years ago was Andrew's age 5 times Ciara's age?
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

There are numerous ways to set up this problem. My first thought is to use the fact that the difference in their ages is 12 years to find when Andrew's age was 5 times Ciara's age. So

let x = Ciara's age when Andrew was 5 times as old
then 5x = Andrew's age then

The difference in their ages is 12 years:

It was when Ciara was 3 years old that Andrew was 5 times her age.

Ciara is now 21, so that was 18 years ago.

ANSWER: 18 years ago
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