Question

My mother was 27 years older than me. the sum of our ages is 41. form an equation for the given information using variable x

Answer 1

let the age of the child be 'x' years
and the age of the mother be 'x+27' years
A/Q
x+x+27=41
2x=41-27
2x=14
x=7

therefore, age of the child is 7 years and the mother's age is 34 years