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Mell is twice as old as jerrey. if you subtract 16 from mells age, and 16 is added to jerreys age, their ages will be equal. what are their present ages

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Answer: 32 year

Explanation:

Let Jerrey age is 'y' year

Mell age = 2y

Now,

2y – 16 = y + 16

y = 32

∴ Mells age = 64 year

& Jerrey age = 32 year

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