SOLUTION: tyrone is twice as old as his daughter.in sox years tyrone's age will be three times what his daughter's age was six years ago.how old are they at present?

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Question 118927: tyrone is twice as old as his daughter.in sox years tyrone's age will be three times what his daughter's age was six years ago.how old are they at present?
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Let's say the daughter is x years old today. That means that Tyrone is 2x years old today.

Six years from now, Tyrone will be 2x + 6 years old.

Six years AGO, the daughter was x - 6 years old, and six years from now, Tyrone will be 3 times that.

So the situation six years from now is that 2x%2B6=3%28x-6%29.

Solving:
2x%2B6=3x-18
2x-3x=-18-6
-x=-24
x=24, and now we know that the daughter is 24 years old today. That means that Tyrone is 48 years old today.

Check:
2%2824%29%2B6=48%2B6=54
3%2824-6%29=3%2818%29=54, answer checks.