Problema Solution

Mr. Jordan is now 13 times as old as his grandson Michael. 2 years from now he will 10 times as old as michael will be. how old are michael and Mr. Jordan now?

Answer provided by our tutors

let 'j' represent mr. jordan's age and 'm' represent Michael's age:


j = 13m

j+2 = 10(m+2)

solving this system we have

j=78

m=6


Mr. Jordan is 78, Michael is 6