SOLUTION: if a teacher is 37 years old and one of her students is 11 years old, when will she be twice as old as her student?
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Question 1043843: if a teacher is 37 years old and one of her students is 11 years old, when will she be twice as old as her student?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if a teacher is 37 years old and one of her students is 11 years old, when will she be twice as old as her student?
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Let the answer be "x"::
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37 + x = 2(11+x)
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37 + x = 22 + 2x
x = 15 years
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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