Mira is three years older than jyoti. Form an expression for their ages $5$ years ago.

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Solution

Let jyoti's age be $x$ years
mira's age = $x + 3$ years
Five Years ago, jyoti's age will be $x - 5$ years
and mira's age will be $x + 3 - 5 = x - 2$ years

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