Question 293990


Lola is 6 times as old as Paul.
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L = 6P
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Last year, she was 10 years older than he was then. 
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Last year she was L-1 and he was P-1

L-1 = P-1 + 10

{{{system(L=6P,L-1=P-1+10)}}}

Can you simplify and solve that system?  If not
post again asking how.

Paul is just a toddler, 2, and Lola is a 7th-grader, 12.

Checking: Last year he was 1, just a baby, and she was 11 
in the 6th grade, so then she was 10 years older than he was.

Edwin</pre>