SOLUTION: Sarah is 5 times older than her niece. In 5 years, she will be 3 times older. find Sarah's age now?
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Question 776840: Sarah is 5 times older than her niece. In 5 years, she will be 3 times older. find Sarah's age now?
If you could help me. .. I don't just want an answer, I want to know HOW to do the word problems.
I have a test on word problems today... Thank you!
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Sarah is 5 times older than her niece. In 5 years, she will be 3 times older. find Sarah's age now?
If you could help me. .. I don't just want an answer, I want to know HOW to do the word problems.
I have a test on word problems today... Thank you!
Let Sarah's current age be S
Then the niece's current age is , or since Sarah is 5 times older than her niece or the niece is Sarah's age
In 5 years, Sarah will be S + 5, and the niece will be
Since in 5 years, Sarah will be 3 times the niece's age, then we can say that:
Solve this for S, or Sarah's current age, and don't forget to check to make sure that Sarah's age is indeed what you calculated it to be.
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