SOLUTION: Toby is n years old and Adrian is d years younger than Toby.
Write down a formula for S where S years is the sum of their ages.
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Question 1181713: Toby is n years old and Adrian is d years younger than Toby.
Write down a formula for S where S years is the sum of their ages.
Found 2 solutions by mananth, Theo:
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Toby is n years old and Adrian is d years younger than Toby.
toby ---n years
adrian's age = n-d
S = n +n-d
S= 2n-d
Answer by Theo(13342) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
n = toby's age.
n - d = adrian's age.
the sum of their ages is equal to n + n - d = 2n - d
when the sum of their ages is equal to S, that formula is S = 2n - d
when S = 5, that formula becomes 5 = 2n - d
that should be your answer.
please keep in mind that, if the sum of their ages is 5, then there is a limit for the value of n.
that limit is that n can only be between 2.5 and 5.
when n = 2.5, then 5 = 2n - d becomes 5 = 5 - d which makes d = 0
when n = 5, then 5 = 2n - d becomes 5 = 10 - d which makes d = 5.
if n is less than 2.5, say 2, then S = 2n - d becomes S = 4 - d which makes d = negative which means that adrian is older than toby which can't be.
if n is greater than 5, then the sum of their ages can only be 5 if adrian's age is less than 0 which can't be.
the formula is good, but only if n is between 2.5 and 5.
just keep in mind that there are limits to the value of n for the answer to be valid because toby's age and adrian's age must both be greater than or equal to 0.
those limits are that n can only be between 2.5 and 5.
since they only asked you for the formula, then your answer is that the formula is 5 = 2n - d
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