SOLUTION: Jeiselmay is five times as old as her friend Sandra. Eunice is 2 years younger than Sandra. Jeiselmay will be 4 times as old as Eunice after 6 years. How old is Eunice right now

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Question 1184082: Jeiselmay is five times as old as her friend Sandra. Eunice is 2 years younger than Sandra. Jeiselmay will be 4 times as old as Eunice after 6 years. How old is Eunice right now?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Jeiselmay            5x
Sandra                x 
Eunice                x-2

According to description, highlight_green%285x%2B6=4%28x-2%2B6%29%29

5x%2B6=4%28x%2B4%29
5x%2B6=4x%2B16
x=10
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highlight%28x-2=highlight%288%29%29-----Eunice, right now

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) About Me  (Show Source):
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Jeiselmay is five times as old as her friend Sandra. Eunice is 2 years younger than Sandra. Jeiselmay will be 4 times as old as Eunice after 6 years. How old is Eunice right now? 
Let Eunice's age be E

Then Sandra's is: E + 2, and Jeiselmay's is: 5(E + 2), or 5E + 10

Since "Jeiselmay will be 4 times as old as Eunice after 6 years," we get: 5E + 10 + 6 = 4(E + 6)

5E + 16 = 4E + 24

5E - 4E = 24 - 16

Eunice, or highlight_green%28matrix%281%2C4%2C+E%2C+%22=%22%2C+8%2C+years-old%29%29