Twice as old means double of what we're referring to. The age of Jerry and Perry are: Jerry is 64 years old and Perry is 48 years old.
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For the given case, the ages of Jerry and Perry are unknown. Let them be denoted by variables as:
- Age of Jerry currently =
- Age of Perry currently =
And let the in the past about which the question is talking about , we had:
- Age of Jerry in that past =
- Age of Perry in that past=
It is given that Jerry is twice as old as Perry was when Jerry was as old as Perry is now.
"Jerry was as old as Perry is now" means =
Also, know that:
since same time passed for both of them from considered past till now.
Thus,
(first equation)
"Jerry is twice as old as Perry was" for that past, we have:
(second equation)
From first and second equation, we get:
Thus, from this result and second equation, we get:
Since it is given that:
Thus, putting J(new)'s value in this equation, we get:
Thus, we get the value for the Jerry now as:
Thus, the age of Jerry and Perry are: Jerry is 64 years old and Perry is 48 years old.
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