SOLUTION: james is 10 years older than his friend Ali, ten years ago he was two times as old as his friend, find their present age
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Question 881835: james is 10 years older than his friend Ali, ten years ago he was two times as old as his friend, find their present age
Answer by gurpreet.bhutani@gmail.com(1) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let the age of james be x
And age of ali be y
Acc to ques
X=y+10
(X-10)=2 (y-10)
Solving both equations
We get , x=30 and y=20
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