SOLUTION: John is 35 years old, which is 5 years less than b times Bob's age. How old is Bob?

Question 1019439: John is 35 years old, which is 5 years less than b times Bob's age. How old is Bob?
Found 2 solutions by FrankM, fractalier:
Answer by FrankM(1040) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
35 = bB-5
bB=40
B=40/b
Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's call Bob's age, x. Then we can write
35 = bx - 5
Now we solve for x...we add 5 first and get
40 = bx
Now divide by b and get
x = 40/b
We cannot know Bob's age exactly until we know b...
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