Question 2374: Tom is 4 years older than Jerry.
9 years ago tom was 5x as old as Jerry was then.
How old are they now?
Answer by longjonsilver(2297)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! first define 2 variables, based on what you need to find....
Let t = tom's age now
Let j = jerry's age now.
t=j+4 --eqn 1
9 years ago, tom was (t-9) and jerry was (j-9), so t-9 = 5(j-9)
Now solve these 2 equations. Look at my many previous examples of how to do this.
jon
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