SOLUTION: After 16 years, Seema will be three times as old as she is now. Find her present age.

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Question 727853: After 16 years, Seema will be three times as old as she is now. Find her present age.
Answer by fcabanski(1391) About Me  (Show Source):
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Seema is x years old. In 16 years she will be x+16 years old. That age is three times her current age: x+16 = 3x


16 = 2x


x=8 years old.

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