SOLUTION: 1.) sam is 4years younger than joe but in 5 years time joe will be twice age now. how old are they now? 2.) Two youngster are chatting about thier age Sam is 3x as old as May but

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Question 1123439: 1.) sam is 4years younger than joe but in 5 years time joe will be twice age now. how old are they now?
2.) Two youngster are chatting about thier age Sam is 3x as old as May but in 2years time he will only be twice as old as she is. how old is each youngster?

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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2.) Two youngster are chatting about thier ageS. Sam is 3x as old as May but in 2_years time he will only be twice as old as she is will be. How old is each youngster?
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x, May
y, Sam







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Young children. If they are chatting about this, Sam is doing most of the chatting. May seems to be too young to have much to say.

Sam is only 6, and May is just 2 years old.

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