Five time Jordan's age is 15 less than seventeen times Andre's age. If Jordan is 14, how old is Andre?

Question

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Answer 1

Jordan = J

Andre = A

 

Five times Jordon's Age is 15 less than seventeen times Andre's age.

 

  5 * J                      =   -15     and   17*A

 

which can be written  5J = 17A - 15

 

Jordan is now 14, so J=14

 

                      5*14 = 17*A - 15

 

                     70 = 17*A - 15

 

                    70 + 15 = 17*A - 15 + 15  <--- adds 15 to both sides

 

                   85 = 17*A

 

                    85/17 = A  

 

                    5 = A

 

Jordan is 14, Andre is 5.

 

CHECK:

 

   5*14 = 70

   17*5 - 15 = 85 - 15 = 70.

  Yes, it works. THe answers are correct.

Answer 2

Well thank you for sharing!

Now to the problem.

A represents Andre's age

17A - 15 represents Jordan's age

 

17A - 15 = 14

 

Well I would be confused also. According to the numbers Andre is 1.70588 years old.