SOLUTION: 1. Ann is now seven times as old as Joan. In six years, Ann will be five times as old as Joan. Find the present age of each one. Joan's age? Ann's age?

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Question 666682: 1. Ann is now seven times as old as Joan. In six years, Ann will be five times as old as Joan. Find the present age of each one. Joan's age? Ann's age?
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Let represent Joan's age. Then represents Ann's age. In 6 years, Joan will be and Ann will be . We are given that:



Solve for , then calculate .

To check your work, calculate which should be equal to

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