Question

Akbar age is one third of the age of the father the sum of their age is 40 what is there age

Answer 1

let father's age be x

akbar age=x/3

x+x/3=40

4x=120

x=30

father's age is 30 and akbar's is 10

Answer 2

Let Father's age be 'y'

1/3y+y=40

4/3y=40

3×4/3x=40×3(To remove denominator)

4y=120

y=120/4

= 30

Therefore Father's age is 30 yrs

Akbar's age is 1/3×30= 10 yrs