Laila was 1/4 as young as Kiran five years ago.If the sum or their ages is 110 ,how old is laila?
(L-5) = 1/4 (K-5)
L+K = 110
Now just solve.
wait -- by 1/4 as young, do you mean 4 times as old?
That could be a game changer...
Thank you so much i got the right answer
I don't get it
To find Laila's age, we need to solve the given information step by step.
Let's start by setting up equations based on the given information:
1. Let's assume Kiran's current age as 'K'.
2. Laila's current age would then be 'L'.
3. According to the problem, "Laila was 1/4 as young as Kiran five years ago." This means that Laila's age five years ago was one-fourth of Kiran's age five years ago.
- Laila's age five years ago would be (L - 5) and Kiran's age five years ago would be (K - 5).
- The equation would be L - 5 = (1/4)(K - 5).
Now, we can form another equation based on the given sum of their ages:
4. The sum of their ages is 110. So, we have the equation L + K = 110.
We have two equations:
L - 5 = (1/4)(K - 5) ...(Equation 1)
L + K = 110 ...(Equation 2)
Now, we can solve these equations simultaneously to find the values of L (Laila's age) and K (Kiran's age).
First, we'll simplify Equation 1:
L - 5 = (1/4)(K - 5)
4(L - 5) = K - 5
4L - 20 = K - 5
4L - K = 15 ...(Equation 3)
Now, we'll solve Equation 2 and Equation 3 simultaneously:
Adding Equation 2 and Equation 3, we get:
(L + K) + (4L - K) = 110 + 15
5L = 125
L = 25
Therefore, Laila is 25 years old.