SOLUTION: Patty is three times as old as her brother, Terry. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 36. How old are they now?

Question 1153944: Patty is three times as old as her brother, Terry. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 36. How old are they now?
Answer by ikleyn(52792) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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By knowing the sum of ages in 10 years, you can easily determine that the sum of ages now is  36-10-10 = 16.


Thus P is 3 time as old as T, and the sum of ages is 16.


Hence


ANSWER.  T is 4; P is 12.

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