This year on his birthday, john will be two years older than three times sue's current age. if the sum of their ages will be 74 on john's birthday, how old is sue now?

If John is 2 years older, subtract 2 from 72.  That's 3 times Sue's current age.  Then divide 72 by 3.  72/3=24.  So Sue is 24

38+105= 143, 39+104=143, and you will find then adding the numbers on opposite sides, moving inwards yields the answer 138 every time. because of this, you’re going to multiply 138 times the number of pairs, which is 34. therefore, 34*138= 4692(i’m sorry if it’s the wrong numbers, but it’s the right concept)

Xis equal to three