Problema Solution

Ten years ago, John was twice as old as his brother Tim. If the sum of their current age is 32, how old is Tim now?

Answer provided by our tutors

let tim's age = x

john = 32-x

10 years ago

tim = x-10

john = 22-x

=> 22-x = 2x-20

=> 3x = 42

=> x = 14

tim = 14 years