document.write( "Question 993067: The sum of the ages of two sisters is 20 years. Two years from now one of them will be three times as old as other then. Find their present age
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O-older sister's age
\n" ); document.write( "Y-younger sister's age
\n" ); document.write( " $\"O%2BY=20\"$
\n" ); document.write( "In two years,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"O%2B2=3%28Y%2B2%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "From the first equation,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"O=20-Y\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Substitute,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"20-Y%2B2=3Y%2B6\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"-4Y=-16\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"Y=4\"$
\n" ); document.write( "So then,
\n" ); document.write( " $\"O%2B4=20\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"O=16\"$
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