Question

The ratio of a and b is 1:3 if a is 5 years younger than than b what are their ages

Answer 1

Answer:

your answer

Step-by-step explanation:

Here let the ages be x and 3x.

then,

x = 3x-5

x-3x=5

-2x=-5

2x=5

x=5/2

x= 2.5

and 3x = 7.5