Question

Toms age minus bobs age is 2 bobs age is 82 less than three times toms age how old is Tom age how old is Tom and bob

Answer 1

Tom is 164 years old and Bob is 3*164-82=246 years old.

Explanation:

Let X be Tom's age.

Bob's age is 3X-82.

The difference in their ages is X-(3X-82)=2(3X-82)

Solving for X, we get X=164.

Tom is 164 years old and Bob is 3*164-82=246 years old.