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If Samantha were three times as old as she was five years ago, she will be sixty less than six times her current age. How old is Sama
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If Samantha were three times as old as she was five years ago, she will be sixty less than six times her current age. How old is Sama
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Question 212435: pleassseee,.,.help me solve this problem,.,
If Samantha were three times as old as she was five years ago, she will be sixty less than six times her current age. How old is Samantha? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! s = Samantha's present age
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If Samantha were three times as old as she was five years ago,
expression for this: 3(s-5)
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she will be sixty less than six times her current age.
expression for this: 6s - 60
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How old is Samantha?
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3(s-5) = 6s - 60
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3s - 15 = 6s - 60
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-15 + 60 = 6s - 3s
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45 = 3s
s =
s = 15 yrs is Samantha's present age
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Lets see if that's true
3(15-5) = 6(15) - 60
3 * 10 = 90 - 60
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Not that hard, right? Did you understand what we did here?
