SOLUTION: If a man is three times a woman's age when married but in twenty-one years will only be twice her age..how old are the man and the woman?
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Question 712417: If a man is three times a woman's age when married but in twenty-one years will only be twice her age..how old are the man and the woman?
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If a man is three times a woman's age when married but in twenty-one years will only be twice her age..how old are the man and the woman?
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m = 3w
m+21 = 2(w+21)
m + 21 = 2w + 42
m = 2w + 21
3w = 2w + 21
w = 21
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At marriage, w = 21, m = 63
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