SOLUTION: Suppose you are told that you are 22 years younger than your instructor. Determine an equation that will determine your age (y) if given your instructor’s age (x). Use this equatio

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Question 871824: Suppose you are told that you are 22 years younger than your instructor. Determine an equation that will determine your age (y) if given your instructor’s age (x). Use this equation to determine the age of your instructor.
Answer by harpazo(655)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If y represents my age and x represents the age of my instructor, then our equation is y = x-22.
The age of the instructor can be found using using the equation
x = y + 22.
Is there missing data here?

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