SOLUTION: Carole's age 8 years ago was 5 times Carl's age. Five years ago, Carole's age was 3 time Carl's age. How old is each now? I have already used guess & check to find out that thei
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Question 189109: Carole's age 8 years ago was 5 times Carl's age. Five years ago, Carole's age was 3 time Carl's age. How old is each now? I have already used guess & check to find out that their ages are Carl: 11 and Carole: 23, but what I need help is showing my work and learning our to create an equation from it. Thank you.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = Carole's age now
Let = Carl's age now
= Carole's age years ago
= Carl's age years ago
= Carole's age years ago
= Carl's age years ago
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given:
(1)
(2)
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(1)
(1)
(1)
and
(2)
(2)
(2)
Subtract (2) from (1)
(3)
(3)
Substitute this back in (1) or (2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
Carole is 23 and Carl is 11
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