Question 1117760
sarah is twice older than john in three years time the sum of their ages will be 33 how old are both of them
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"once older" --> 1x older = 2 times as old.
twice older = 3 times as old.
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S = 3T
S+3 + 3*(T+3) = 33
Sub for S
3T+3 + 3T+9 = 33
6T + 12 = 33
6T = 21
T = 3.5
S = 10.5
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2 times older is NOT the same as 2 times as old.
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PS  10 times smaller is meaningless, since 1 time smaller = 0
PS  10 times closer is meaningless, since 1 time closer = 0
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