SOLUTION: A teacher has two students, one two times as old as the other. The teacher is five times as old as the older student, and in 5 years she will be five times as old as her younger st

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Question 1108850: A teacher has two students, one two times as old as the other. The teacher is five times as old as the older student, and in 5 years she will be five times as old as her younger student. Find the teacher’s present age.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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x, younger
t, teacher
y, older

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