Question 1203740: 5.) The sum of the ages of Ace, Sabo, and Luffy is 27. Three years from now will be 4 times as old as Ace. IfL Uffy was twice as old as Ace 3 years ago, how old are they now?
Found 4 solutions by ikleyn, mananth, greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52810)   (Show Source):
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5.) The sum of the ages of Ace, Sabo, and Luffy is 27. Three years from now will be 4 times as old as Ace.
IfL Uffy was twice as old as Ace 3 years ago, how old are they now?
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Answer by mananth(16946)  (Show Source):
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The sum of the ages of Ace, Sabo, and Luffy is 27. Three years from now ******* will be 4 times as old as Ace. IfL Uffy was twice as old as Ace 3 years ago, how old are they now?
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Answer by greenestamps(13203)  (Show Source):
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Although there is a hole in your statement of the problem, logical reasoning leads to only one possible solution.
But that solution is not very interesting; so probably the given information is not correct.
The given information tells us that Luffy was twice as old as Ace 3 years ago, and that ?? will be 4 times as old as Ace 3 years from now. ?? can't be Luffy, because if he was only twice as old as Ace 3 years ago it is not possible for him to be 4 times as old 3 years from now.
So ?? must be Sabo.
So....
Let x = Ace's age 3 years ago
Then 2x = Luffy's age 3 years ago
Then x+3 is Ace's age now and 2x+3 is Luffy's age now. Since the sum of their ages is 27, Sabo's age now is 27-((x+3)+2x+3)) = 21-3x.
Then Ace's age 3 years from now will be x+6, and Sabo's age 3 years from now will be 24-3x.
3 years from now, Sabo's age will be 4 times Ace's age:
24-3x=4(x+6)
24-3x=4x+24
7x=0
x=0
ANSWERS (apparently...):
Ace's age: x+3 = 3
Luffy's age: 2x+3 =3
Sabo's age: 21-3x = 21
3 years ago their ages were 0, 0, and 18
3 years from now their ages will be 6, 6, and 24 -- satisfying the condition that Sabo will be 4 times as old as Ace then.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)  (Show Source):
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The sum of the ages of Ace, Sabo, and Luffy is 27. Three years from now will be 4 times as old as Ace. IfL Uffy was twice as old as Ace 3 years ago, how old are they now?
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