Question

Rita is twice older than Amit. If Rita was 4 years younger, Amit was 3 years older their diff. between their ages is 12 years. What is the sum of their ages?

Answer 1

Answer:

The sum of age of Amit and Rita is 57 years

Step-by-step explanation:

Let suppose the age of Amit is given by x years and that of Rita is y years.

Given is,

y=2x                      eq-1,

and

(y-4)-(x+3)=12

y-x-7=12

y-x=19

x=y-19                   eq-2

now put value of x above in eq-1, we get

y=2(y-19)

y=2y-38

y=38 years, that is age of Rita is 38 years.

put value of y in eq-2, we get

x=38-19

x=19 years, that is age of Amit is 19 years.

Now required is the sum of age of Amit and Rita, that is

=x+y

=19+38

=57 years.