Question

the ratio of Sue's age to Tom's age is 5 : 7. Sue is 6 years younger than Tom. How old is Tom


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Answer 1

Answer:

so let's start

let the age of sue age be 5x

let the age of Tom be 7x

5x +7x=6

12x=6

x=6/12

x=2

hence , sue age is 2

and Tom age is 2 +6 = 8

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