Saturday, August 9, 2008

Larry is 10 years old and his sister is 7 year old. In how many years time will their total age be 25 years

Larry is 10 years old and his sister is 7 years old. To determine the number of years that it will take that the sum of their ages will be 25, assign a variable to represent the time in years. Let it be x.


So after x years,  their ages will be:


Larry's age = 10 + x


His sister's age  = 7 + x


Then, add their ages and set it equal to 25.


`10 + x + 7 + x = 25`


And, solve for x.


`17 + 2x = 25`


`2x=8`


`x=4`


Therefore, the sum of Larry's age and his sister's age will be 25 in 4 years.

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