Problema Solution
Dylan is 102 years younger than Colleen. 3 years ago, Colleen's age was 4 times Dylan's age. How old is Dylan now?
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Let 'x' be the age of Dylan and 'y' the age of Colleen where x and y are non-negative integer numbers.
We need to find x.
From the text we have
x = y + 102
4*(x - 3) = y - 3
If we replace x = y + 102 in the second equation we get
4 (y + 102 -3) = y - 3
4y + 4*99 = y - 3
4y - y = - 4*99 - 3
3y = - 399
y = - 399 / 3
y = - 133
y < 0 and can not be the age of Colleen.
Also x = -133 + 102 = - 21 < 0 can not be the age of Dylan.
The values for x and y do not satisfy the non-negativity condition and therefore the problem has no solution.