SOLUTION: Dandy was born 6 years before Noel. In 2000, Dandy's age was 2 years more than four times the age of Noel in 1995. How old was Noel in 2016?

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Question 1065608: Dandy was born 6 years before Noel. In 2000, Dandy's age was 2 years
more than four times the age of Noel in 1995. How old was Noel in 2016?

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) About Me  (Show Source):
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Dandy was born 6 years before Noel. In 2000, Dandy's age was 2 years
more than four times the age of Noel in 1995. How old was Noel in 2016?
Dandy's age in 2016 = D
Noel's age in 2016 = N
Dandy was born 6 years before Noel.
So Dandy is 6 years older than Noel.

D = N + 6

The next sentence speaks of the years 2000 and 1995. 
2000 was 16 years before 2016 and 1995 was 21 years 
before 2016. So.

Dandy's age in 2000 = D-16
Noel's age in 1995 = N-21

So, since the next sentence is:
In 2000, Dandy's age was 2 years
more than four times the age of Noel in 1995.
that says:

D-16 = 4(N-21)+2

So we have this system of euations:

system%28D=N%2B6%2CD-16+=+4%28N-21%29%2B2%29

Solve that system by substitution for N and D to 
find their ages.

Edwin