Question

Jordan is five years older than twice Amanda's age. Their combined age is 38 years.

What is Jordan's age?

Answer 1

27

Explanation:

Let a represent Amanda's age. Then Jordan's age is 2a+5, and the combined ages are ...

a +(2a+5) = 38

3a = 33

a = 11

So, Jordan's age is ...

2(11) +5 = 27