3 years ago:
m - 3 = 3(b - 3)
m - 3 = 3b - 9
m + 6 = 3b
m/3 + 2 = b
5 years from now:
m + 5 = 2(b + 5)
m + 5 = 2b + 10
m - 5 = 2b
m/2 - 5/2 = b
combine:
m/3 + 2 = m/2 - 5/2
1. multiply by 6
2m + 12 = 3m - 15
2. add 15 - 2m to both sides
27 = m
Marry is 27 years old.
I show an example in the picture below. If you know how to solve with Pythagorean theorem this problem should be fairly easy. All you have to do is make 2 triangles and solve for C. Once you solve for C for both triangles you should get 20 for one answer and 15 for the other answer. Then all you do is just add them together so your answer should be 35 feet.
The scale factor is 0.75 or 3/4
TR/EZ=9/12=3/4
Four times a number to the second power divided by seven.
Seven hundred seventy thousand seventy