Christmas MT's answer to Jodi Lim's Primary 6 Maths question.

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15.

Age difference doesn't change, so we want to find "before" and "after" ratios such that the unit difference doesn't change.

From here, it is easy to see that 7 units --> 21 years.

16.

This one is easier. 8 years later their combined age will be 72, so right now their combined age is 56. Split that age into the corresponding ratio and work from there.