if stella was five years older, she would be twice as old as ted. ted is three years younger than stella. how old is each

Answer 1

in 5 years Stella will be twice Ted's age

in math symbols with s =Stella's current age and t = Ted's current age that's equivalent to the following

s +5 = 2(t+5)

s= -5 +2(t+5) =-5 +2t +10 = 2t +5

s = 2t +5

currently Ted is 3 years younger

t = s -3

substitute to eliminate 1 variable:

s = 2(s-3) +5 = 2s -6 +5 = 2s-1

s = 1 year old now

t = -2 = 2 years before Ted has been born

this is a weird, non realistic problem or more likely a typo somewhere or misprint

in 5 years Stella will be 1+5 = 6, Ted will be -2+5 =3, then 6 will = twice 3

even with SCOTUS' Dodd, they only pushed ages back 9 months, not close to 2 years before birth