SOLUTION: hary is 1/3 as old as ron and 8 years younger than hermoine. find the sum of their ages if hary is 8 years old

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Question 1143659: hary is 1/3 as old as ron and 8 years younger than hermoine. find the sum of their ages if hary is 8 years old
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Hary, 8, is 1/3 as old as Ron; Ron's age is 3 times Hary's age.

Hary, 8, is 8 year younger than Hermione; Hermione's age is 8 more than Hary's age.

Add their three ages.