Question

James is 30 years old and John is 3 years old. James will be five times as old as John in _ years.

Answer 1

Hmm, 34/7 is so close

Answer 2

it equals 4 and 6/7

Answer 3

4 and 6/7 ?

Answer 4

Shouldn't it be more than that?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

you will have to do decimal calculations

Answer 7

to get your answer

Answer 8

that is the closest you will get with integral calculation

Answer 9

Can you show me step by step?

Answer 10

we will need a math specialist for these calculations.
@Luigi0210

Answer 11

i will help you for basic integral, but i am not so good in twelthes in decimal form

Answer 12

basically, you start at 30,3

Answer 13

then, every year John and James go up by one

Answer 14

so a year later, John would be 4 and James 31

Answer 15

and then a year later 5,32

Answer 16

so yeah the closest is 7,34

Answer 17

How do you know that it is the closest?

Answer 18

because 34/7=~4.8 . we need 5 to be the quotient, or the answer to the division.