<PRE><B>Question 1153944</B>
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By knowing the sum of ages in 10 years, you can easily determine that the sum of ages now is  36-10-10 = 16.


Thus P is 3 time as old as T, and the sum of ages is 16.


Hence


&lt;U&gt;ANSWER&lt;/U&gt;.  T is 4; P is 12.
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Solved.


This problem is to solve it mentally.


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There is a bunch of lessons on age word problems 

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Age-problems-and-their-solutions.lesson&gt;Age problems and their solutions&lt;/A&gt;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Fresh-formulation-of-a-traditional-age-problem.lesson&gt;A fresh formulation of a traditional age problem&lt;/A&gt;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Really-intricate-age-word-problem.lesson&gt;Really intricate age word problems&lt;/A&gt;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Selected-age-word-problems-from-the-archive.lesson&gt;Selected age word problems from the archive&lt;/A&gt;

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Age-problems-for-mental-solution.lesson&gt;Age problems for mental solution&lt;/A&gt; 

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/age/Miscellaneous-age-problem.lesson&gt;Miscellaneous age problems&lt;/A&gt; 

in this site.


Read them and become an expert in solving age problems.


Also, &amp;nbsp;you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site

&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;A HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson&gt;ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK&lt;/A&gt;.


The referred lessons are the part of this online textbook under the topic &quot;&lt;U&gt;Age word problems&lt;/U&gt;&quot;.



Save the link to this online textbook together with its description


Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/quadratic/lessons/ALGEBRA-I-YOUR-ONLINE-TEXTBOOK.lesson


to your archive and use it when it is needed.



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