Question 1170007

Tom is a certain age. Meghan is three times Tom's age plus four years. Their combined age is 44. How old is Meghan?
<pre>Let Meghan's age be M
Then Tom's is: 44 - M
We then get: M = 3(44 - M) + 4 
M = 132 - 3M + 4
M + 3M = 132 + 4
4M = 136
Meghan, or {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,5, M, "=", 136/4, "=", 34))}}}