SOLUTION: When Dante and Cora were married, Cora was four years younger than Dante. How old was Dante on his wedding day if twelve years before his wedding he was twelve years older than one

Question 416223: When Dante and Cora were married, Cora was four years younger than Dante. How old was Dante on his wedding day if twelve years before his wedding he was twelve years older than one-fifth Cora's age was then?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
dante when married x years
Cora when married = x-4 years
..
12 years ago
Dante = x-12 years
Cora =(x-4)-12=x-16 years
..
x-12= 1/5 *(x-16) +12
x-24=1/5(x-16)
5(x-24)=x-16
5x-120=x-16
4x=120-16
4x=104
/4
x=26 years
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