SOLUTION: respected sir, plz help me to solve my maths problem difficulty.. 1] The sum of the ages of Doris & Fred is 5 years.If Doris is 12 years older than fred,how many years old wi

Question 208773: respected sir,
plz help me to solve my maths problem difficulty..
1] The sum of the ages of Doris & Fred is 5 years.If Doris is 12 years older than fred,how many years old will Fred be y years from now,in terms of y?
waiting for yur reply.
thank u .
regards.
binita
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
respected sir,
plz help me to solve my maths problem difficulty..
1] The sum of the ages of Doris & Fred is 5 years.If Doris is 12 years older than fred,how many years old will Fred be y years from now,in terms of y?


Your problem makes no sense because even if Fred was
a 1 year old baby boy, Doris would be 12 years older 
or 13, and the sum of their ages would be 14, which 
is a lot more than 5.  So there can be no solution.
I think you made a typo.  Please repost.

Edwin

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