Sipho is 6 years older than Betty. in 3 years time Sipho will be twice as old as Betty. how old is Sipho now.

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at present:
Betty --- x
Sipho -- x+6

3 years from now:
Betty = x+3
Sipho = x+6 + 3 = x+9

x+9 = 2(x+3)

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