SOLUTION: Sonya is twice as old as Ryan who was six four years ago. Ryan is three years older than Carl who is one year older than Sherri. How old is Sonya now? How old is Sherri now. How

Question 831624: Sonya is twice as old as Ryan who was six four years ago. Ryan is three years older than Carl who is one year older than Sherri.
How old is Sonya now?
How old is Sherri now.
How old will Carl be in two years time?
In how many years will Carl be as Ryan now is?
How old is Ryan now?
How many years older than Sherri is Carl?
What difference of Sonya's present age and Sherri present year?
Found 2 solutions by JulietG, josmiceli:
Answer by JulietG(1812) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Wow. Convoluted problem! :-)
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Let Y be Sonya, R be Ryan, S be Sherry, and C be Carl.
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Here's what we're told in the question:
Y = 2R (who is now 10) (Sonya is twice as old as Ryan who was six four years ago.)
R = C + 3
C = S + 1
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The key here is that we know R (Ryan who was six four years ago)
Let's work from there.
If Ryan is 10, then Sonya is 20 (2R), Carl is 13 (R-3), and Sherry is 12 (C-1).
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In two years, Carl will be 13+2, or 15.
You should be able to figure out the rest. It's an ugly-written problem, but the answer was contained in the question.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = Sonya's age now
Let = Ryan's age now
Let = Carl's age now
Let = Sherri's age now
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(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
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(a)
(2)
(2)
and
(1)
(1)
Sonya is 20
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(b)

(3)
(3)
(3)
and
(4)
(4)
(4)
Sherri is 6 now
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(c)

Carl will be 9 in 2 years
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(d)
Ryan is now

In 3 years Carl will be the age
that Ryan is now
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(e)
Ryan is 10 now
(f)

Carl is 1 year older than Sherri
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(g)

There is 14 years difference in their ages

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