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PUZZLES l'Oit CHGÀUICAL PEOPLE

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A chemical engineer (a) who plays basketball in the night league averages 32 pounds of weight per foot of height. The weight of the player is 6 times as many pounds as his coach's age in years. The sum of the player's age and the coach's age is 62 years. The coach (b) is twice as old as the player was when the coach was half as old as the player will be when the coach is 80.

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