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Question 936193: amber's current age is three times what cameron's age two years ago. Cameron is fourteen years younger than amber. How old is cameron?
Found 2 solutions by srinivas.g, MathTherapy:
Answer by srinivas.g(540)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
let x be the current age of amber
Cameron is fourteen years younger than amber
Cameron's age is x-14
Cameron's age two years ago is x-14-2
amber's current age is three times what cameron's age two years ago
x= 3*(x-14-2)
x =3*(x-16)
x=3*x-3*16
x= 3x-48
move -48 to the left
48+x= 3x
move x to the right
48 =3x-x
48 =2x
divide with 2 on both sides


so amber's current age is 24 years
cameron's age = 24-14 = 10 years
result : cameron's age = 10 years
Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

amber's current age is three times what cameron's age two years ago. Cameron is fourteen years younger than amber. How old is cameron?
Let Cameron's current age be C

Then Amber's current age is: 3(C - 2), or 3C - 6

Also, Amber's current age is: C + 14

Thus, we can say that: 3C - 6 = C + 14

3C - C = 14 + 6

2C = 20

C, or Cameron's current age is: , or 

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