Ali is y years old. Bhavara is twice as old as Ali. Ceris is 3 years younger than Ali. The total of their ages is 125 years. Work out the age of each person
Please show me your workings as I've been trying this for 10 minutes and cant seem to get the answer. I also looked at the mark scheme and still didnt get it.. Please help xxx
Ali is y years old. Bhavara is twice as old as Ali. Ceris is 3 years younger than Ali. The total of their ages is 125 years. Work out the age of each person
Please show me your workings as I've been trying this for 10 minutes and cant seem to get the answer. I also looked at the mark scheme and still didnt get it.. Please help xxx
We know that Ali is y years old. Bhavara is twice as old as Ali, therefore they are 2y years old. Ceris is 3 years younger than Ali, therefore they are y-3 years old. How do you think that you can use this information, in combination with the statement "the total of their ages is 125 years" to work out their ages?
I get how you done the equation but I dont get why its just -3 why is not -3y... Like I dunno if I just over complicated it in my head
-3y is -3 multiplied by Y. In this question is better to assume y as a number, if you're struggling to understand. Chris is 3 years younger then ALI. Let's assume y to be 8. How would you do it now? 8-3 right? Hence y-3.