James is four times as old as judy. in two years, james will be twice as old as judy later on. how old is james and judy now

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Slade Schaefer

20 July, 00:24

James is four times as old as judy. in two years, james will be twice as old as judy later on. how old is james and judy now

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Kaelyn Sloan · Answer 1

Let Judy be j years old;

Then James is 4j

In two years time

Judy = (j+2) years

James = (4j+2) years

James will twice as old;

4j+2=2 (j+2)

4j+2=2j+4

4j-2j=4-2

2j=2

j=1

Judy is 1 year old and James is 4 years old