SOLUTION: my current age is 4 times what my sisters age was 20 years ago. i am now twice as old as i was 20 years ago. ten years ago, my sisters age was 1/2 of my current age. ten years ago,

Question 635990: my current age is 4 times what my sisters age was 20 years ago. i am now twice as old as i was 20 years ago. ten years ago, my sisters age was 1/2 of my current age. ten years ago, my age was 1.5 times my sisters age. what are our current ages?
Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let y = your current age
Let s = sister's current age
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Write an equation for each statement, simplify as much as possible:
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"my current age is 4 times what my sisters age was 20 years ago."
y = 4(s-20)
y = 4s - 80
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" I am now twice as old as i was 20 years ago."
y = 2(y-20)
y = 2y - 40
40 = 2y -y
y = 40 yr, your present age
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Right here you know enough to solve this
40 = 4s - 80
40 + 80 = 4s
s = 120/4
s = 30 is the sisters age
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You can check this using the rest of the equations with y=40, s=30
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ten years ago, my sisters age was 1/2 of my current age. "
s - 10 = .5y
multiply both sides by 2
2(s-10) = y
2s - 20 = y
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"ten years ago, my age was 1.5 times my sisters age."
y - 10 = 1.5(s-10)
y - 10 = 1.5s - 15
y = 1.5s - 15 + 10
y = 1.5s - 5
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Two unknowns, two equations are sufficient.

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