Question

Mike is 5 years more than twice as old as Tom. The sum of their ages is 65. How old is Mike?

Answer 1

(2x+5)+x=65

Answer 2

Here tom should be x
Mike is 5 years more than twice as old as Tom
so mike is 5+2x or 2x+5

Answer 3

so mike is 20

Answer 4

no tom is 20 and mike is 45

Answer 5

oh ok