Yanira is 3 years older than Tim and twice as old as Hannah. Tim is 2 years older than Hannah. How old are Yanira Tim and Hannah?

Question

Explain how you did the problem and the answer.

Answer 1

Tim's age --- x
Yanira's age -- x+3
Hannah's age = (1/2)(x+3)

Tim is 2yrs older than Hannah
----> x = (1/2)(x+3) + 2
times 2

2x = x+3 + 4
x = 7

So Tim is 7
Yanira is 10
Hannah is 5

All conditions are met.