Question

o ne year ago, gill was five times as old as her horse. one year from now the sum of their ages will be 22. how old is gill now?

Answer 1

By setting up two equations based on the given information and solving them, we find that Gill is currently 16 years old.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's assign variables to Gill's current age and the horse's current age. Let Gill's current age be g years and the horse's current age be h years. According to the question, one year ago Gill was five times as old as her horse, so we have:

g - 1 = 5(h - 1)

One year from now, the sum of their ages will be 22, so:

g + 1 + h + 1 = 22

Now we can simplify and solve these two equations:

g - 5h = -4 (1)

g + h = 20 (2)

From equation (2), we can solve for h:

h = 20 - g

Substitute this into equation (1):

g - 5(20 - g) = -4

After simplifying, we find that g = 16. Therefore, Gill is currently 16 years old.

Answer 2

Answer: Gill is 16 now

Step-by-step explanation: If the horse was 3 one year ago, and gill is five times as old as it, shed be 15. one year from now, the horse is 5 and Gill is 17, which combined, is 22. If she is 17 in one year, she is 16 now.