document.write( "Question 831624: Sonya is twice as old as Ryan who was six four years ago. Ryan is three years older than Carl who is one year older than Sherri.
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document.write( "How old is Sonya now?
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document.write( "How old is Sherri now.
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document.write( "How old will Carl be in two years time?
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document.write( "In how many years will Carl be as Ryan now is?
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document.write( "How old is Ryan now?
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document.write( "How many years older than Sherri is Carl?
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document.write( "What difference of Sonya's present age and Sherri present year? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #501515 by JulietG(1812)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Wow. Convoluted problem! :-) \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Let Y be Sonya, R be Ryan, S be Sherry, and C be Carl. \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "Here's what we're told in the question: \n" ); document.write( "Y = 2R (who is now 10) (Sonya is twice as old as Ryan who was six four years ago.) \n" ); document.write( "R = C + 3 \n" ); document.write( "C = S + 1 \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "The key here is that we know R (Ryan who was six four years ago) \n" ); document.write( "Let's work from there. \n" ); document.write( "If Ryan is 10, then Sonya is 20 (2R), Carl is 13 (R-3), and Sherry is 12 (C-1). \n" ); document.write( ". \n" ); document.write( "In two years, Carl will be 13+2, or 15. \n" ); document.write( "You should be able to figure out the rest. It's an ugly-written problem, but the answer was contained in the question. \n" ); document.write( " |