SOLUTION: the present age of three persons in proportions 4:7:9 Eight years ago the sum of their age is 56.find their present age in years

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Question 839768: the present age of three persons in proportions 4:7:9 Eight years ago the sum of their age is 56.find their present age in years
Answer by Fombitz(32388)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Now they are ,, and .
Eight years ago they were, ,, and




So they are , , and .
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