Anna is twice as old as Julian.five years ago,eye was three times as old .let x be julian`s present age write an equation for x and find the present ages of Anna and julian
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To find the present ages of Anna and Julian, let's start by assigning variables to their ages.
Let x represent Julian's present age.
Given that Anna is twice as old as Julian, we can express Anna's present age as 2x.
Five years ago, Julian's age would have been x - 5, and Anna's age would have been 2x - 5.
According to the problem, five years ago, Anna's age was three times Julian's age. We can write this as an equation:
2x - 5 = 3(x - 5)
Now, we can solve this equation to find the value of x:
2x - 5 = 3x - 15
2x - 3x = -15 + 5
-x = -10
x = 10
Therefore, Julian's present age (x) is 10. Now we can substitute this value back into the expressions for Anna's and Julian's present ages:
Julian's present age = 10 years old
Anna's present age = 2 * 10 = 20 years old
So, Julian is 10 years old, and Anna is 20 years old.