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a girl (who liked riddles) was asked how old she was, she responded "in 2 years I will be twice as old as I was 5 years ago". how old is she now?

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Given data:

The expression for the age of the girl after two year is,

x+2

The age of girl 5 year ago is,

x-5

According to the given statement of the question.

x+2=2(x-5)

x+2=2x-10

x=12

Thus, the present age of the girls is 12 years old.

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