SOLUTION: Larry is 8 years older than moe. Curly is 3 times as old as moe. Five years ago ))the sum of larrys and moes age was 4 less than curlys age. What is there present ages?

Question 1126826: Larry is 8 years older than moe. Curly is 3 times as old as moe. Five years ago ))the sum of larrys and moes age was 4 less than curlys age. What is there present ages?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = Larry's age now
Let = Curly's age now
Let = Moe's age now
---------------------------------
(1)
(2)
(3)
------------------------------------
(3)
(3)
Plug (1) and (2) into (3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
and
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
-----------------------
Larry is 15
Curly is 21
Moe is 7
-----------------
check:
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
OK
RELATED QUESTIONS
Larry is three times as old as Moe, and Curly is sixteen years younger than Larry,... (answered by fractalier)

Moe is twice as old as Larry. Moe is five years older than curly. Together Moe, Curly and (answered by FrankM,josgarithmetic,MathTherapy)

curly is 6 years older than moe and moe is twice as old as moe. next year curly's age... (answered by greenestamps)

Moe is three times older than Curly. Two years ago he was four times older than Curly... (answered by Maths68)

Larry is 11 years older than Moe. The sum of their ages is 15 years. How old is each... (answered by josgarithmetic)

Curly, Moe and Larry won $2500. If Larry gets three times as much as Curly and Moe gets... (answered by ben720)

Alice is 4 years younger than Betty and Carl is 3 times as old as Alice. Five years ago,... (answered by solver91311)

What is the current age of Larry? Larry is currently five times older than Michael. In... (answered by mananth,stanbon,JBarnum)