SOLUTION: A MAN IS FIVE YEARS OLDER THAN HIS WIFE. THIRTEEN YEARS AGO HE WAS TWICE HER AGE. HOW OLD IS THE MAN?
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Question 169849: A MAN IS FIVE YEARS OLDER THAN HIS WIFE. THIRTEEN YEARS AGO HE WAS TWICE HER AGE. HOW OLD IS THE MAN?
PLEASE HELP WITH THIS I AM HAVING A HARD TIME SETTING THIS ONE UP.
THANKS IN ADVANCE
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A MAN IS FIVE YEARS OLDER THAN HIS WIFE. THIRTEEN YEARS AGO HE WAS TWICE HER AGE. HOW OLD IS THE MAN?
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Now DATA:
wife's age = x yrs.
man's age = x+5 yrs.
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13 yrs. ago DATA:
wife was x-13 yrs
man was x-8 yrs
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EQUATION:
x-8 = 2(x-13)
x-8 = 2x-26
x = 18 (wife's age now)
x+5 = 23 (man's age now)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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