SOLUTION: Lola is 6 times as old as Paul. Last year, she was 10 years older than he was then. how do i do this problem

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Question 293990: Lola is 6 times as old as Paul. Last year, she was 10 years older than he was then. how do i do this problem
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20055) About Me  (Show Source):
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Lola is 6 times as old as Paul.

L = 6P

Last year, she was 10 years older than he was then. 

Last year she was L-1 and he was P-1

L-1 = P-1 + 10

system%28L=6P%2CL-1=P-1%2B10%29

Can you simplify and solve that system?  If not
post again asking how.

Paul is just a toddler, 2, and Lola is a 7th-grader, 12.

Checking: Last year he was 1, just a baby, and she was 11 
in the 6th grade, so then she was 10 years older than he was.

Edwin