SOLUTION: VIJAY IS OLDER THAN HIS SISTER SEEMA BY TWO YEARS.FOUR YEARS AGO VIJAY WAS FOUR TIMES AS HIS SISTER. FIND THIER AGES?

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Question 319071: VIJAY IS OLDER THAN HIS SISTER SEEMA BY TWO YEARS.FOUR YEARS AGO VIJAY WAS FOUR TIMES AS HIS SISTER. FIND THIER AGES?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.V=S%2B2
Four years ago, Vijay was V-4, Seema was S-4.
2.V-4=4%28S-4%29
Substitute eq. 1 into eq. 2,
S%2B2-4=4S-16
S-2=4S-16
3S=14
highlight%28S=14%2F3%29 old
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V=14%2F3%2B2
V=14%2F3%2B6%2F3
highlight%28V=20%2F3%29 years old
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I guess I was expecting integer answers for their ages.
Check the problem set up.
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