SOLUTION: Tom is eight years older than Steve. Three years ago, Steve was two years more than one-third as old as Tom was then. How old is Tom now?

SOLUTION: Tom is eight years older than Steve. Three years ago, Steve was two years more than one-third as old as Tom was then. How old is Tom now?

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Question 1180781: Tom is eight years older than Steve. Three years ago, Steve was two years more than one-third as old as Tom was then. How old is Tom now?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Tom is t years old now.
Steve is t-8 now.

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