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Question 50487: I need help with this problem as soon as possible! Anne is seven times as old as Joan. In six years she will be five years as old as Joan. Find the present age of each person.
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I need help with this problem as soon as possible! Anne is seven times as old as Joan. In six years she will be five years as old as Joan. Find the present age of each person.
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NOW Data:
Joan is "x" yrs. old; Anne is "7x" years old.
6 YRS. from NOW Data:
Joan will be "x+7" ; Anne will be "7x+7"
In Six Yrs. DATA:
In six years she will be five years as old as Joan.
Comment: Six years after when? Do you mean "five yrs. older"
or "five times as old"?
EQUATION:
???