SOLUTION: The combined ages of a father and his twin daughters is 54. The father was 24 when the twins were born. How old is each person?

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Question 775976: The combined ages of a father and his twin daughters is 54. The father was 24 when the twins were born. How old is each person?
Found 2 solutions by tanjo3, josmiceli:
Answer by tanjo3(60) (Show Source):
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Le n be the age of one of the daughters. Then, their father's age is give by (54 - 2n).

Then, we can write:
24 + n = 54 - 2n
3n = 30
n = 10
The daughters are 10 years old and the father is 34.

Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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Let = father's age now
Let = each of the twin daughter's age now
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(1)
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The difference in the father's age and one of
his daughters will always be , so
(2)
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Subtract (2) from (1)
(1)
(2)
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and
(2)
(2)
(2)
(2)
The father is 34, and each of his
daughters is 10