document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=466961>Question 466961</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Rizza's age is one year more than twice Norie's age.Eight years ago,the sum of their ages was equal to Rizza's age ten years from now.How old are they now? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #321025 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gwendolyn><B>gwendolyn(128)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-09.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=gwendolyn><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=gwendolyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=321025\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Let Rizza's age=R<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let Norie's age=N<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let Rizza's age 8 years ago=R-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let Norie's age 8 years ago=N-8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let Rizza's age 10 years from now=N+10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Two equations can be formed from the information in the question and the variables I have set.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "R=2N+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(R-8)+(N-8)=R+10\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First, we cancel out the two 'R's in the second equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-8+N-8=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then we should add 16 to both sides.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "N=26<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Next, we should plug in our value of N.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=2N+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=54+1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "R=55<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, Rizza is 55 and Norie is 26. </SPAN>\n" );
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