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Kate father is 50 years old and kate is 24 years old now. How many years ago was kates father three times as old as her

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Answer:

11

Explanation:

50-x=3(24-x)

50-x=72-3x

2x=22

x=11years ago when kate's father was 3 times as old as kate=11

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