Question

Zach is 23 years old. Zach's age is 3 years older than twice Maya's age. Let m represent Maya's age.

Which equation can be used to solve for Maya's age?



23 = 2m + 3

23 = 3m + 2

23 = m + 3

23 = 2m

Answer 1

Start your reasoning from Maya's age m.
To get to Zach's age, you have to double it and add 3.

So 2m + 3 = 23. That's the first answer.

Answer 2

The correct option is A)
`23=2m+3`.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

Zach is 23 years old. Zach's age is 3 years older than twice Maya's age.

Let m represent Maya's age.

Twice of Maya's age can be written as:

`2m`

3 years older than twice Maya's age can be written as:

`2m+3`

It is given that Zach is 23 years old and Zach's age is 3 years older than twice Maya's age.

Thus, the above expression equal to 23.

`23=2m+3`

Hence, the correct option is A)
`23=2m+3`.