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george is 3 years older than his sister janet. in 7 years she will be six-sevenths of his age. how old are they?
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Let George's age be x and Janet's age be y
At present:
Given, George's age = Janet's age + 7
x = y + 3
x - y = 3 .....(1)
After 7 years, George's age will be x + 7 and that of Janet will be y + 7
Given, Janet's age = 6/7 of George's age
y + 7 = (6/7) x ( x + 7)
7y+ 49 = 6x + 42
6x - 7y = 7....(2)
Multipling equation (1) with 7 we get
7x - 7y = 21....(3)
Subtracting equation (2) from equation (3)
x = 14
From equation (1)
y = 11
So, george is 14 years old and Janet is 11.