Malik is 10 years less than half his mothers age. I Malik is 12 years old, how old is his mother
If the mother's age is x,
x/2 - 10 = 12
x = 44
To find out how old Malik's mother is, we need to first understand the relationship between Malik's age and his mother's age based on the given information.
We are told that Malik is 10 years less than half his mother's age. Let's break this down:
Let's represent Malik's age as M and his mother's age as Mm. According to the information given:
M = (1/2)Mm - 10
We also know that Malik is currently 12 years old, so we can substitute M with 12:
12 = (1/2)Mm - 10
To solve for Mm, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. Let's start by adding 10 to both sides:
12 + 10 = (1/2)Mm - 10 + 10
22 = (1/2)Mm
Next, let's multiply both sides by 2 to cancel out the fraction:
22 * 2 = (1/2)Mm * 2
44 = Mm
Therefore, Malik's mother is 44 years old.