Find the Age of Peter

Peter and Paul were friends. After six years Paul wil be twice as old as Peter was when peter was as old as Paul. If sum of their ages is 36 find the age of Peter?

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levteck

  • Sep 13th, 2010
 

Peter + Paul = 36

in 6 years
Peter + 2 Peter = 42
So
Peter = 14 (in 6 years)
So now
Peter = 8
and
Paul = 22  (36-8)




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