Question

Five year ago the age of Maya was seven times the age of her son. the age of Maya will be three times the age of her son in 5 years. represent the situation as an equation and draw its graph. find the present age of mother and son.

Answer 1

let present age of maya be x years
and ghat of her son be y
then
according to question,
x-5=7(y-5)_______ 1
also
x+5=3(y+5)___:;::2
solve both of them you will get
age of her son =10 yrs=y
and her age=40yrs