Question

certain candles are placed sequentially on sonia's birthday cake. The candle which is at 7th position from the red candle on Sonia's birthday cake is actually the 12th position from the left end. the red candle has an odd number of candles on its right and a candle less on its left. if Sonia's age is equivalent to the number of candles on the cake, then what is Sonia's age?
options:
A 31
B 33
C 36
D 38
E 42​

Answer 1

Answer:

38 is the answer

Step-by-step explanation:

1 :the candel of x colour is at the 12th position from left end and is also at the seventh position from the red candle

2: does the red candle is at 12+ 7=19 from left

3: and number of candles on right is an odd number and 1 candle is extra

4: the number of candles to right of red candle are 18.

thus, 19 (including red candle)+19 (to the right of red candle)=38

her age is 38 as well ...