SOLUTION: after 16 yeras fatima will be three times as old as she is now . Find her present age.

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Question 461318: after 16 yeras fatima will be three times as old as she is now . Find her present age.
Answer by JimboP1977(311)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x = Fatima's current age
x+16 = 3x
16=2x
16/2 = x
8 = x

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