Question

Age of Krishna is 5 times of Ammu's age. If the sum of their ages is 72 ,find the age of Ammu.

Answer 1

Answer:

12

Step-by-step explanation:

let age of ammu be x

therefore age of krishna= 5x

according to question equation formed is

5x+x=72

6x=72

x=12

therefore ammu's age is 12

Answer 2

Answer:

The age of Ammu is 12 years..

Step-by-step explanation:

Given,

The sum of the ages of Krishna and Ammu is 72.

Age of Krishna is 5 times of Ammu's age.

Let the age of Ammu be 'x'

The age of Krishna will be 5x.

So,From the above conditions,

We get,

x+5x=72

6x=72

x=12.

The age of Ammu is 12 years.

The age of Krishna is 5x=12*5=60 years..