Question 1166276: John is 19 years older than Whitney. In 6 years John will be 2 times Whitney age. How old is each now? Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source):
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John is 19 years older than Whitney. In 6 years John will be 2 times Whitney age. How old is each now?
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The same type of question so often in the form of different examples.
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John is n years older than Whitney. In p years John will be k times Whitney's age. How old is each now?
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John is 19 years older than Whitney. In 6 years John will be 2 times Whitney age. How old is each now?
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In 6 years, two events will happen simultaneously:
John will be 19 years older than Whitney AND John will be 2 times Whitney age.
It means that in 6 years John will be 38 years old, while Whitney will be 19 years old.
Hence, now they are 38-6 = 32 (John) and 19-6 = 13 (Whitney) years old. ANSWER
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