Helppp!!!!! Can u help me solve for Lisa?

Question

Sam is m years old. Lisa is 3 times as old as Sam was five years ago. How old is Lisa?

Answer 1

L=3(m-5)

Without any other imfo; that's the best I can do.

Answer 2

Let's call Sam's age M

Let's call Lisa's age L

The question talks about "Sam five years ago." The age of "sam 5 years ago" is 5 years less than sam's age now, so M-5.

Lisa's age is 3 times that (M-5)

L = 3*(M-5)

Now, we don't get an exact number from this, rather a relationship between Lisa and Sam. For example,

If Sam is 10, Lisa is 15

If Sam is 15, Lisa is 30

If Sam is 20, Lisa is 45

so on and so forth