SOLUTION: 1. Ana's father is 5 times older than Ana and Ana is twice as old than his sister Alice. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is Ana now? solve this word po

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Question 1170968: 1. Ana's father is 5 times older than Ana and Ana is twice as old than his sister Alice. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is Ana now? solve this word porblem please.
2. A student has a Php60.00 and his sister has Php 12.00. The student is saving Php 10.00 while his sister saving Php 5.00 per week. How long will it be before the student and her sister have some amount of money?
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1. Ana's father is 5 times older than Ana and Ana is twice as old than his sister Alice. In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58. How old is Ana now?
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One way to assign the variables is this:
Ana             n
Father        5n+n=6n
Alice          n/2

Another way, is to let Alice's age be the main variable:
Ana            2c
Father        5*2c+2c=12c
Alice           c


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In two years time, the sum of their ages will be 58.
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%282c%2B2%29%2B%2812c%2B2%29%2B%28c%2B2%29=58
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15c%2B6=58
15c=52
c=52%2F15----------In this case, maybe recheck the work, OR recheck your original problem statement very carefully.