Answer the following:

Take Sarita’s present age to be y years


(i) What will be her age 5 years from now?


(ii) What was her age 3 years back?


(iii) Sarita’s grandfather is 6 times her age. What is the age of grandfather?


(iv) Grandmother is 2 years younger than grandfather. What is grandmother’s age?


(v) Sarita’s father’s age is 5 years more than 3 times Sarita’s age. What is her father’s age?

The answers of the parts are answered below:


(i) We know that,


Sarita’s present age is y


Hence,


Sarita’sage five years from now will be = Sarita’s present age + 5


= y + 5


(ii) We know that,


Sarita’s present age is y


Hence,


Sarita’s age three years ago will be = Sarita’s present age – 3


= y – 3


(iii) We know that,


Sarita’s present age is y


Hence,


Sarita’s grandfather’s age will be = Sarita’s present age × 6


= 6y


(iv) We know that,


Grandfather’s age is 6y


Hence,


Grandmother’s age will be = Grandfather’s age – 2


= 6y – 2


(v) We know that,


Sarita’s present age is y


Hence,


Sarita’s father’s age = 5 + 3 × Sarita’s present age


= 5 + (3 × y)


= 5 + 3y


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