Problema Solution
melissa is 24 years younger than joyce. in 2 years joyce will be 3 times as ols as melissa will be then. how old are they now?
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let 'x' represent melissa's age now, then 'x+24' represents joyce's age
3(x+2) = (x+24+2)
solving for 'x' we have x=10
10+24=34
Melissa is 10 years old, Joyce is 34 years old