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Age of ages (2) (Posted on 2022-01-08) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Determine the present ages of each of the three siblings Toby, Julie and Melanie from the following clues:
  1. 10 years from now Toby will be twice as old as Julie was when Melanie was 9 times as old as Toby.
  2. 8 years ago, Melanie was half as old as Julie will be when Julie is 1 year older than Toby will be at the time when Melanie will be 5 times as old as Toby will be 2 years from now.
  3. When Toby was 1 year old, Melanie was 3 years older than Toby will be when Julie is 3 times as old as Melanie was 6 years before the time when Julie was half as old as Toby will be when Melanie will be 10 years older than Melanie was when Julie was one-third as old as Toby will be when Melanie will be 3 times as old as she was when Julie was born.

No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta    
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  Subject Author Date
Age of agesAlex2022-03-05 02:33:05
solnSteven Lord2022-01-11 06:53:33
checking....Steven Lord2022-01-09 15:30:48
different takes wrt the 1st statement Steven Lord2022-01-08 23:50:47
my work so farSteven Lord2022-01-08 23:34:17
Can someone correct my logic or find my error?Charlie2022-01-08 18:11:58
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