Question

Jack is 5 years younger than Mary. The sum of their ages is 37. If m represents Mary's age, which equation could be used to find m?

Answer 1

`m+(m-5)=37`

Explanation:

Mary's age is represented by `m`.

Since Jack is `5` years younger than Mary, his age can be represented as `(m-5)`.

Since we know that the sum of their ages is `37`, we can write:

`m+(m-5)=37`