SOLUTION: Tom is 2 years older than Sue and Bill is twice as old as Tom.
If you add all their ages and subtract 2, the sum is 20.
How old is Bill?
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If you add all their ages and subtract 2, the sum is 20.
How old is Bill?
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Question 1091699: Tom is 2 years older than Sue and Bill is twice as old as Tom.
If you add all their ages and subtract 2, the sum is 20.
How old is Bill? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Sue is x
Tom is x+2
Bill is 2(x+2) or 2x+4
The sum is 4x+6, and subtract 2 is 4x+4=20
4x=16
x=4 age of Sue
6 is age of Tom
12 is age of Bill ANSWER
