SOLUTION: The local historical society wants to preserve two buildings. The total age of the buildings is 249 years. If one building is twice as old as the​ other, what are the ages of the

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Question 1183716: The local historical society wants to preserve two buildings. The total age of the buildings is 249 years. If one building is twice as old as the​ other, what are the ages of the two​ buildings? Do not try to solve each problem algebraically.​ Instead, make a guess that satisfies one or more conditions of the problem and then evaluate your guess
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The problem is so easy to solve mentally in a few seconds, I'm not sure what the instructions are asking you to do. Maybe something like this:

100 and 200 years would make a total of 300 -- too much.
80 and 160 years would make a total of 240 -- not enough.

Then continue with another guess for the ages with the smaller age something greater than 80... and continue until you find the correct ages.