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James is twice as old as Zack. Four years from now, the sum of their ages will be 23. How old is James now?

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Answer:

i believe James is 7

Explanation:

so, James (j) is 2x as old as Zack (z) so one way to get to 20 is by adding 5, 4 times, that leaves the extra 3 which we add to James's age and there for making Zach 5 years old.

5 < 7

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