SOLUTION: Sally is 18 years older than her son. She was 3 times as old as he was 1 year ago. How old are they now?
I mainly need help on how to set it up. Thank you for taking your time
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Question 614627: Sally is 18 years older than her son. She was 3 times as old as he was 1 year ago. How old are they now?
I mainly need help on how to set it up. Thank you for taking your time to help me!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let = Sally's age now
Let = her Son's age now
given:
(1)
(2)
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This is 2 equations with 2 unknowns
so it's solvable
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