Question

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

Mike is ___ years old.

20
30
45
65

Answer 1

I keep seeing you giving medals for direct answers but you should learn how to do these. They are very easy and your past few questions are all solved exactly the same way.

Answer 2

i got it.. the answer is 45

Answer 3

i got 45

Answer 4

My guess is that your initial equations were incorrect then. What did you use to solve it?