2007 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 8

Problem

Tom's age is $T$ years, which is also the sum of the ages of his three children. His age $N$ years ago was twice the sum of their ages then. What is $T/N$ ?

$\mathrm {(A)} 2$ $\mathrm {(B)} 3$ $\mathrm {(C)} 4$ $\mathrm {(D)} 5$ $\mathrm {(E)} 6$

Solution

$T=a+b+c$

$T-N=2(a-N+b-N+c-N)=2(a+b+c)-6N=2T-6N$

$2T-6N=T-N$

$T=5N$

$T/N=5 \Rightarrow \mathrm {(D)}$

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