Seymour is twice as old as Cassandra. If 16 is added to Cassandra’s age and 16 is subtracted from Seymour’s age, their ages beco

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NeX [460]

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Seymour is twice as old as Cassandra. If 16 is added to Cassandra’s age and 16 is subtracted from Seymour’s age, their ages beco

me equal. What are their present ages? PLEASE SHOW WORK!!!

Mathematics

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den301095 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-10-02T16:24:09+03:00

den301095 [7]2 years ago

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S=2c AND s-16=c+16
Use substitution so...
2c-16=c+16
C=32
S=2c so s=64

Check: s-16=c+16...64-16=32+16...48=48

So Cassandra is 32 and Seymour’s is 64