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How Old Are They 2
Patty is 3 times as old as her brother, Terry. In 10 years, the sum of their ages will be 36.
How old are they now?
How old are they now?
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Patty is 12 and Terry is 4.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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I got it with the calculator.
Love these kinds of teasers. They make you think, but you don't have to read 500 lines to play them. Simple and fun. Gooden.
Very easy!
I'm only in high school!
I'm only in high school!
good old algebra,
congrats mathsgeek, most of us take algebra in middle school
congrats mathsgeek, most of us take algebra in middle school
im in middle and im learning pre algebra this year unfourtunatly!!!
Not bad, and easy. The way I solved it was by simply subtracting 20 from 36 to get 16, which obviously must be the sum of their ages now, as the twenty is the sum of the ten years added to both ages. Three fourths of 16 must be Patty's age, and the remaining fourth Terry's age.
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