Question

Richard and two have a combined age of 26. Richard is 5 years old than twice Teos age. How old are Richard and Teo?

Answer 1

R = 19 yr old; T = 7 yr old

Explanation:

From the information given, we can create a system of equations to find both Richard and Teo's ages, letting R represent Richard's age and T represent Teo's age.

Thus we have:

`R +T=26\\2T+5=R\\\\2T+5+T=26\\3T+5=26\\3T=21\\T=7\\\\R+7=26\\R=19`

When you plug in the numbers, you find that twice Teo's age is 14 as 7*2 = 14. 5 more than 14 is 19 as 14 + 5 = 19.