Question

In a family there are five children who were born at an interval of 3 years. The sum of their ages is 55 years. If the youngest child born in 1994 is 5 years old, what is the age of the oldest child? *
1 point
17
14
55
15​

Answer 1

Answer:

17 years is the answer .................

Answer 2

Answer:

The sum of ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child? Since, the children were born at the interval of three years ,let us assume their age as x, x+3,x+6,x+9,x+12. Hence, age of the youngest child is 4 years.