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Question 928158: Thanks for the help but now confused because 2 separate people gave me 2 different solutions... Please help. Cathy is 16 years younger than Mary. In 5 years Mary will be twice as old as Cathy. Find their ages now. Is it 11 and 27 or 21 and 37??? Both suruons seem correct. I got 11 and 27 before I asked for help but now I'm worried it's wrong?
Found 2 solutions by scorp79, MathTherapy:
Answer by scorp79(1) (Show Source):
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The answer is 11 and 27
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Mary 27(current age)+ 5(years later)=32
Cathy 11(current age)+ 5(years later)=16
16*2=32 (twice as old)(age of Mary 5 years later)

Answer by MathTherapy(10552) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Thanks for the help but now confused because 2 separate people gave me 2 different solutions... Please help. Cathy is 16 years younger than Mary. In 5 years Mary will be twice as old as Cathy. Find their ages now. Is it 11 and 27 or 21 and 37??? Both suruons seem correct. I got 11 and 27 before I asked for help but now I'm worried it's wrong?

I gave you the CORRECT answer as:
Cathy's current age: 11
Mary's current age: 27
I also told you to do the check!! Did you? If you did the check, you would've seen that 21 and 37 could not possibly
be correct, since , or . Did you not notice this when you did the check, or did you just not do the check?