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terry is twice as old as ryan. terrys age now is 15 years older than ryan’s age last year. how old is each person

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Terry is 28 and Ryan is 14.

I solved this using a system of equations; because both statements set up Terry’s age, you can set them equal to each other. My work is shown in the attachment below.

Hope this is helpful & accurate!
terry is twice as old as ryan. terrys age now is 15 years older than ryan’s age last-example-1
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