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Sara is 6 years older than max in 3 years she’ll be 1 1/2 of max’s age . how old is max ?

Sara is 6 years older than max in 3 years she’ll be 1 1/2 of max’s age . how old is max ?
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Sara is 6 years older than max in 3 years she’ll be 1 1/2 of max’s age . how old is max ?

User Will Townes
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s = m+6
(s + 3) = (m + 3)1.5
When solved m=9 and s=15
When plugged in it works.
So max is 9 years old
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