Question 1087922
What does 11 over 6 mean?
Is it the fraction {{{ 11/6 }}} ? If so, then:
Let {{{ a }}} = the man's age now
Let {{{ b }}} = his wife's age now
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(1) {{{ a = (11/6)*b }}}
(2) {{{ a - 3 = 2*( b - 3 ) }}}
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Substitute (1) into (2)
(2) {{{ (11/6)*b - 3 = 2*( b - 3 ) }}}
(2) {{{ 11b - 18 = 12*( b - 3 ) }}}
(2) {{{ 11b - 18 = 12b - 36 }}}
(2) {{{ b = 18 }}}
and
(1) {{{ a = (11/6)*b }}}
(1) {{{ a = (11/6)*18 }}}
(1) {{{ a = 11*3 }}}
(1) {{{ a = 33 }}}
The man is 33
His wife is 18 
( That will never work out )