Question

Byron is 2 years younger than Cindy. Eight

years ago, the sum of their ages was 14.
How old is Byron now?​

Answer 1

10

Explanation:

Byron is 2 yrs younger than Cindy. 8 years ago the sum of their ages was 14.

Byron is 2 years at that time. Definitely, Cindy is 12 years old so the sum of their ages was 14. Let us just add 8 years to Byron's age at that time so 2 + 8 = 10

P.S: This just based on my understanding of the problem.

Answer 2

Explanation:

let age of Byron be b yr old and Cindy be c yr old.

c = b + 2 --(1)

b - 8 + c - 8 = 14

b + c = 30 --(2)

sub (1) into (2):

2b = 28

b = 14

therefore Byron is 14 yr old now.

Topic: simultaneous eqns

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