Question

Raju’s father’s age is 5 years more than three times Raju’s age. Raju’s father is 44 years old. Set up an equation to find Raju’s age.

Answer 1

Let us take it to be y years. Three times Raju’s age is 3y years.
Raju’s father’s age is 5 years more than 3y; that is, Raju’s father is (3y + 5) years old. It is also given that Raju’s father is 44 years old.
Therefore, 3y + 5 =44.

This is an equation in y. It will give Raju’s age when solved.