SOLUTION: Papa John is 50 years old. His age is 2 years more than 3 times the age of Jimmy John. How old is Jimmy?

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Question 610942: Papa John is 50 years old. His age is 2 years more than 3 times the age of Jimmy John. How old is Jimmy?
Answer by radh(108) About Me  (Show Source):
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Let's write this mathematically. Age will be described by x.
Papa John is 50 years old (=50). His age is 2 years more (+2) than 3 times (3x) the age of Jimmy John.
So, it'd look like: 3x%2B2=50.
Now, we simplify: 3x=48%29 to x=16.
So, we get that Jimmy's age is 16 years.