Question

In 5 years time,resume will be three times old as she was 9 years ago

Answer 1

let present age of resume be x
age of resume after 5 years=x+5
age of resume before 9 years=x-9
according to problem
x+5=3(x-9)
x+5=3x-27
-3x+x=-5-27
-2x=-32
x=-32/-2
x=16