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Find Ann's age

Source: 1976 AHSME Problem 29

May 19, 2014
AMC

Problem Statement

Ann and Barbara were comparing their ages and found that Barbara is as old as Ann was when Barbara was as old as Ann had been when Barbara was half as old as Ann is. If the sum of their present ages is 4444 years, then Ann's age is
<spanclass=latexbold>(A)</span>22<spanclass=latexbold>(B)</span>24<spanclass=latexbold>(C)</span>25<spanclass=latexbold>(D)</span>26<spanclass=latexbold>(E)</span>28<span class='latex-bold'>(A) </span>22\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(B) </span>24\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(C) </span>25\qquad<span class='latex-bold'>(D) </span>26\qquad <span class='latex-bold'>(E) </span>28