Question

Denna is four more than three times older than ted. the sum of their ages is 60. how old is ted?

Answer 1

60 the sum is 60? Right so I’m guessing this is a trick question

Answer 2

60 minus 4 is 56. For example. if ted is 10, Denna is 30, totaling 40. to apply this to our problem, we'd divide 56 by 4. Ted is 14, as 3 times 14 is 42. Denna is 42 plus Ted being 14 is 56. 56+4 is 60.