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  • 23-08-2017
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The sum of Mary and Al's age is 48. Twelve years ago, Mary was twice as old as Al.

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LearnGrow
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  • 29-08-2017
Let us denote the years of Mary with M and the years that Al have with A.
We know that the sum of Mary and Al's age is 48. So, we can write:
M+A=48 (1)
We also know that twelve years ago, Mary was twice as old as Al. So we can write:
M-12=2*A (2)
From the first equation (1): M=48-A
Let put this in the second equation:
48-A-12=2A
36=3A
A=12
M=48-12=36
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