document.write( "Question 669182: five years from now, two times the age of miss reyes will be 8 yrs. less than four times the age of her niece three years ago. if miss reyes is 15 years older than her niece, what are their ages now? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #416208 by josmiceli(19441) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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Let $\"+x+\"$ = Miss Reyes age now
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+-+15+\"$ = niece's age
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+%2B+5+\"$ = Miss Reyes age 5 years from now
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+-+15+-+3+\"$ niece's age 3 years ago
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\n" ); document.write( "given:
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2%2A%28+x+%2B+5+%29+=+4%2A%28+x+-+15+-+3+%29+-+8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+%2B+10+=+4%2A%28+x+-+18+%29+-+8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+%2B+10+=+4x+-+72+-+8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+=+72+%2B+10+%2B+8+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2x+=+90+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+=+45+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+x+-+15+=+30+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Miss Ryes is 45
\n" ); document.write( "Her niece is 30
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\n" ); document.write( "check:
\n" ); document.write( "5 yrs from now, Miss Reyes will be 50
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+2%2A50+=+100+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "and
\n" ); document.write( "Nice's age 3 yrs ago was 27
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+4%2A27+=+108+\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"+108+-+8+=+100+\"$
\n" ); document.write( "OK\r
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