Question

Coach Johnson is 10 years older than Tim. When Tim started football 3 years ago, Coach Johnson was twice his age. How old is Tim now?

Answer 1

First step in this sort of word problem is to represent:
Assign a values where needed.

Answer 2

Thats the thing idk where they go

Answer 3

Ok, let's assign values to their present ages, then.
If we let Tim's age be x, what would be Coach's age?

Answer 4

if the kid is ten and the coach is 20 the kid would be 13

Answer 5

Let's make Coach Johnson J and Tim T
T + 10 = J
T - 3 = 50%
or something like that haha

@allietreetz don't just give the answer geez

Answer 6

wooow no need to dis people
i was only try n 2 help

Answer 7

why did she use 50% ?

Answer 8

I honestly don't know :)

Answer 9

lol oops I should've done x2 for twice his age...meh bad

Answer 10

But uhmm...
If Tim's age is x, then Coach's age would be x + 10, right?

Answer 11

yeah

Answer 12

no wiat...

Answer 13

right

Answer 14

Oh god lol

Answer 15

xD I'm just gonna like...leave now xD

Answer 16

So, if Tim's present age is x, and Coach's present age is x + 10, what would be their ages three years ago? :)

Answer 17

Let age of Johnson is x years and that of Tim is y years..

So, according to first sentence of problem :

x = y + 10 -------------1

Now, three years ago, Coach was (x - 3) and Tim was (y - 3)

(x - 3) = 2(y - 3)

x - 3 = 2y - 6

x = 2y - 3 -----------------2

Equate 1 and 2 equations,

y + 10 = 2y - 3

y = 10 + 3 = 13..

So, x = y + 10 = 13 + 10 = 23

So the age of Tim (y) is 13 years...

Answer 18

cool

Answer 19

^ The Winner!