Question

the ratio of sue's age to Tom's age is 7: 10. Sue is 18 years younger than tom. how old is tom

Answer 1

Answer:

As the ratio of sue's age to Tom's age is 7: 10.

Let the age of Sue be 7x and that of Tom be 10x.

According to the question,

Sue is 18 yrs. younger than Tom.

=> 10x-18= 7x

=> 10x-7x=18

=> 3x= 18

=> x= 18/3=6

Thus, x=6.

Tom's age= 10x= 10*6= 60 yrs.

Sue's age= 7x= 42 yrs