SOLUTION: An uncle is triple my age at present. he said "how old are you?" when i told him he said "you are catching up! in 15 years from now, i will only be double your age" how old am i?
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Question 1135350: An uncle is triple my age at present. he said "how old are you?" when i told him he said "you are catching up! in 15 years from now, i will only be double your age" how old am i? Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathLover1:Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source):
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let your age be and uncle's age
if uncle is triple your age at present, we have
.......eq.1
in years from now, he will only be double your age,and we have
.......eq.2...substitute from eq.1
....solve for -> your age now
->uncle's age
so, in years you will be and your uncle will be , means double your age
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