Miss Blantnicks students kept trying to guess her age, so finally she gave her students a clue.She said "in twelve years I'll be three time as old as I was 32 years ago." How old is she?

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Answer 1

Let her age be x. In twelve years' time her age is x+12 and 32 years ago her age was x-32.

So, x+12=3(x-32)=3x-96. Therefore 2x=96+12=108 and x=54. Miss Blantnick is 54.