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Sarah is 50 years old. she is twice as old as her friend bill and bill is 5 times as old as his sister jane. jane's mom is 12 times older than jane. what is the age difference between jane's mom and sarah?
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Sarah is 50 years old. she is twice as old as her friend bill and bill is 5 times as old as his sister jane. jane's mom is 12 times older than jane. what is the age difference between jane's mom and sarah?

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Sarah is twice as old as Bill so 2X=50 and X=25 so Bill is 25. Bill is 25 and bill is 5 times older than his sister Jane so 5n=25 N=5 so Jane is 5 years old. Jane's mom is 12 time older than Jane so 12x5=60 and so

60-50=10 so the answer is 10
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10 years. Bill is 25, his sister is 5, and their mother is 60.
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