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by mehravikas » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:54 pm
S9-15 What is Ricky’s age now?

(1) Ricky is now twice as old as he was exactly 8 years ago.
(2) Ricky’s sister Teresa is now 3 times as old as Ricky was exactly 8 years ago.
Source: — Data Sufficiency |

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by umaa » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:32 am
R=2(R-8)

So, R = 16
Ricky's age is 16 now.

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by mehravikas » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:33 am
What about statement 2?