A girl is 28 years younger than her father.The sum of their age is 50 years.Find the ages of the girl and her father?
Let gir's age be y and father's be y+28
Now equation is y+y+5=50
And solve
How do I solve it good student?
Ooopsie made a little typo. It's y+y+ 28= 50
But if the question demanded an equation as I mistakenly posted then you may have to convert the value into years and months
Thanks a lot!!!
To find the ages of the girl and her father, we can set up a system of equations based on the given information.
Let's assume the father's age is represented by "F" and the girl's age is represented by "G".
According to the problem, the girl is 28 years younger than her father, so we can write the equation:
G = F - 28 -- Equation 1
The sum of their ages is 50 years, so we can write the equation:
G + F = 50 -- Equation 2
To solve this system of equations, we can use substitution or elimination method.
Substitution method:
Substitute the value of G from Equation 1 into Equation 2:
(F - 28) + F = 50
2F - 28 = 50
2F = 50 + 28
2F = 78
F = 78/2
F = 39
Now substitute the value of F back into Equation 1 to find G:
G = 39 - 28
G = 11
Therefore, the girl is 11 years old and her father is 39 years old.