SOLUTION: The sum of the ages of Shaun and Rachel is 73 years ,8 years ago ,Shauns age was 2 times Rachel s age .How old is Shaun

Question 1153656: The sum of the ages of Shaun and Rachel is 73 years ,8 years ago ,Shauns age was 2 times Rachel s age .How old is Shaun
Found 2 solutions by MathLover1, MathTherapy:
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

let Shaun's age be and Rachel's age
if the sum of the ages of Shaun and Rachel is years, we have
......solve for
.....eq.1
if years ago, Shaun's age was times Rachel's age, we have
..........solve for

......eq.2
from eq.1 and eq.2 we have
......solve for

go to
.....eq.1, plug in

answer: Shaun is years old

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

The sum of the ages of Shaun and Rachel is 73 years ,8 years ago ,Shauns age was 2 times Rachel s age .How old is Shaun

Let Shaun's age be S
Then Rachel's is: 73 - S
We then get: S - 8 = 2(73 - S - 8)
S - 8 = 2(65 - S)
S - 8 = 130 - 2S
S + 2S = 130 + 8
3S = 138
S, or
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