Carla is 5 years old and Jim is 13 years younger than Peter. One year ago Peter's age was twice the sum of Carla and Jim's age.

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vladimir2022 [97]

2 years ago

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Carla is 5 years old and Jim is 13 years younger than Peter. One year ago Peter's age was twice the sum of Carla and Jim's age.

Find the present age of each of them

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kari74 [83] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-10T11:10:05+03:00

kari74 [83]2 years ago

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Carla = 5 years old
Jim = 2 years old
Peter = 15 years old
(Peter was 14 years old one year ago)
5+2=7
7x2=14 (14 is the age from one year ago meaning 15 is the current age)
15-2=13