SOLUTION: the sum of ana's age and the ruel age is 30. nine years ago ana was twice as old as ruel then, how old is ruel

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Question 938655: the sum of ana's age and the ruel age is 30. nine years ago ana was twice as old as ruel then, how old is ruel
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Let age of Ana be y and age of Ruel be x. So x%2By=30 and 9 years ago means x-9 and y-9 finally the equation is x-9+=2%28y-9%29++as+well+as+x%2By+=30+ simplifying it I find y=13 , x=17