Question

Gregory’s age is 5 years greater than 1/3 of Amanda’s age. Gregory is 17 years old. If Amanda’s age is denoted by x, which equation represents this situation, and how old is Amanda?

Answer 1

Answer:

ans is B

Step-by-step explanation:

1/3x + 5 = 17 and  amanda is 36 years old

Answer 2

Answer:

Here, x denotes the age of Amanda.

Gregory's age = (x/3)+5 yrs

Here,

$\frac{x}{3} + 5 = 17$

$or \frac{x}{3} = 17 - 5$

$or \: \frac{x}{3} = 12$

or, x = 36 yrs

Hence, Required age of Amanda is 36 yrs old.

Hence, Option 2 is correct...