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Question 1096049: If john is 8 years older than Tim who is 2 years younger than michal. They age together is 63 how old is Tim
Answer by greenestamps(13200) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1) choose one of the boys to have his age be your variable, x. Since the problem asks for Tim's age, it will probably be easiest to choose him. So

let x = Tim's age

(2) get expressions for John's and Michael's ages in terms of x, using the given information.

John is 8 years older than Tim: x+8 = John's age

Tim is 2 years younger than Michael -- i.e., Michael is 2 years older than Tim: x+2 = Michael's age

(3) write and solve the equation that says the sum of the ages is 63:
x+%2B+%28x%2B8%29+%2B+%28x%2B2%29+=+63

I'll let you finish from there....

However, you will find that the ages are not whole numbers, which is not possible -- so some of the information in the problem as you show it is not right.