SOLUTION: Eduardo is 75 years younger than Mareditch. 2 years ago, Merediths age was 4 times Eduardos age. How old is Eduardo now?

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Question 1185109: Eduardo is 75 years younger than Mareditch. 2 years ago, Merediths age was 4 times Eduardos age. How old is Eduardo now?
Found 3 solutions by Boreal, greenestamps, josgarithmetic:
Answer by Boreal(15235)   (Show Source):
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E is x now
M is x+75 now
4(x-2)=x+75-2=x+73, because it was 2 years ago.
4x-8=x+73
3x=81
x=27
Eduardo is 27 years old ANSWER
Meredith is 102 years old
2 years ago they were 25 and 100 respectively

Answer by greenestamps(13198)   (Show Source):
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2 years ago, Meredith's age was 4 times Eduardo's age. Let their ages 2 years ago be x and 4x.

The difference between their ages 2 years ago was then 4x-x=3x.

But the difference in their ages 2 years ago (as always) is 75 years:

3x=75
x=25

So 2 years ago their ages were x=25 and 4x=100; their ages now are 27 and 102.

ANSWER: Eduardo is 27 now

Answer by josgarithmetic(39616)   (Show Source):
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y Eduardo
x Mareditch