Question 132132: Dot and her cousin have a combined age of 24 years. 3 years ago Dot was exactly twice as old as her cousin. How old is Dot? Found 2 solutions by checkley71, TakeATuition.com:Answer by checkley71(8403) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! D+C=24 OR D=24-C
(D-3)=2C
(24-C-3)=2C
21=2C+C
3C=21
C=21/3
C=7 AGE OF COUSIN.
D=24-7
D=17 AGE OF DOT.
PROOF
17-3=2*7
14=14
You can put this solution on YOUR website! SOLUTION -
Let the present age of dot be x years
and the present age of cousin be y years
sum of their ages=24
x+y=24
x=24-y .......(1)
three years ago
age of dot=(x-3)years
age of cousine=(y-3)
now according to the condition we have
(x-3)=2(y-3)
substituting the value of x from equation (i) we have
24-y-3=2y-6
21-y=2y-6
21-y-21=2y-6-21
-y-2y=2y-15-2y
-3y=-15 =
y=5
substituting the value of y in equation (i) we have
x=24-y
x=24-5
x=19
dot present age=19 years
cousin present age=5 years
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