SOLUTION: Tres is 2 years younger than Raul. Twenty years ago, Raul's age was 13 years more than half the age of Tres. How old are they now?
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Question 1188834: Tres is 2 years younger than Raul. Twenty years ago, Raul's age was 13 years more than half the age of Tres. How old are they now?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
-------Raul now
--------Tres, now
Answer by greenestamps(13200) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
There are dozens of ways to set up this problem for solving. Here is what I would do.
Let x be Tres's age 20 years ago
Then the given information is that Raul's age 20 years ago was (x/2)+13
20 years ago -- as now -- Tres was 2 years younger than Raul:
ANSWERS:
Tres's age 20 years ago was 22, so he is now 42
Raul is 2 years older than Tres, so he is now 44
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