Question

Ty's age is three times Thomas age. The sum of their ages is 24. What is thomas age?

Answer 1

Thomas is 8 because if you divide 24 divided by 3 you get 8 . And if Ty's three times his age and you added their ages you'd get 24 because 8 times 3 is 24. And Ty's age is 16

Answer 2

So Thomas will be represented as x. So x+3x=24. This gives you 4x=24. Therefore if x now equals 6, then Ty is 18 and Thomas 6.