Question

Raju’s father’s age is 5 years more than three times Raju’s age. Find Raju’s age, if his father is 44 years old.

Answer 1

The equation that gives Raju's age is 3y + 5 = 44
we first transpose 5, we get
3y = 44 – 5 = 39
Dividing both sides by 3, we get,
y = 13
That is, Raju’s age is 13 years.