2007 AMC 10B Problems/Problem 12
- The following problem is from both the 2007 AMC 12B #8 and 2007 AMC 10B #12, so both problems redirect to this page.
Problem
Tom's age is years, which is also the sum of the ages of his three children. His age years ago was twice the sum of their ages then. What is ?
Solution
Tom's age years ago was . The ages of his three children years ago was since there are three people. If his age years ago was twice the sum of the children's ages then,
See Also
2007 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
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Preceded by Problem 11 |
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