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Andy is twice as old as kate in 6 years their ages will total 60 how old is each of them

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Andy is 36 and Kate is 18

My work:

60-6=54
Andy's age 18+18=36
Andy's age is double the amount of Kate's age so we have to half his.
Kate's age 36/2=18
Then we add 36 and 18 together to make 54

I hope this helped.

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Kate is 16, Andy is 32.
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