Question

your brother is 1.3 your age. your sister is 6 years older tahn your brother.Your sister is 10 years old. Write and solve a equation to find your age a

Answer 1

Answer:

My age is 12 years.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Sister's age = 10 years

Let my age be x.

Now according to question;

my brother's age is 1/3 of my age

So brother's age = $\frac{1}{3}x$

Also according to question;

my sister is 6 years older than my brother;

Sister's age = $6+\frac{1}{3}x$

Also given Sister's age = 10 years

hence equation to find my age will be expressed as below;

$6+\frac{1}{3}x = 10\\\\\frac{1}{3}x = 10-6\\\\\frac{1}{3}x = 4\\\\\therefore x = 4\times3 = 12$

Brothers age = $\frac{1}{3}x=\frac{1}{3}\times12=4$

Hence my age is 12 years.