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2018 WAEC Mathematics Theory Musa is three years older than Manya. Seven years ago, Musa was twice as old...

Mathematics
WAEC 2018

Musa is three years older than Manya. Seven years ago, Musa was twice as old as Manya.
(1) How old are they now?
(2) When  will the sum of them be 45?
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Explanation

(a) If Musa's age = x and Manya's age = y, then x = y + 3....  (1) and (x — 7) = 2(y— 7) .......(2)

Solving both equations will yield Musa's age = 13 years and Manya's age = 10 years.

(b) Let n be the year when the sum of their ages will be 45,

so that (10 + n) + (13 + n) = 45

and solving will give n = 11 years.

 


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