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Question 634565: please help me with this problem.The ages of two persons 10 years hence will be x and y years.The sum of their ages 5 years ago was?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
please help me with this problem.The ages of two persons 10 years hence will be x and y years.The sum of their ages 5 years ago was?
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In 10 yrs it'll be x, so it's x-10 now
5 yrs ago it was x-15 yrs
Same for y
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