Question

celine is drakes granddaughter . her age is 4 years greater than 1/3 of drakes age. if celine is 28 years old , how old is drake?

Answer 1

72 years old

Explanation:

Answer 2

72 years

Explanation:

Let Drake's age be D years .

It's given that Celine's age is 4 years greater than 1/3 of drake's age .

1/3 of Drake's age =
`(D)/(3)`

So, Celine's age =
`(D)/(3)+4` ....(i)

It's given that celine is 28 years old .....(ii)

On equating equations (i) and (ii) , we get

`(D)/(3)+4=28`

{ Transposition : Transposition means to take one number to the other side by changing it's operation }

On transposing 4 to RHS ,we get

`(D)/(3)=28-4=24`

On transposing 3 to RHS ,we get

`D=24`× 3 = 72

So, Drake is 72 years old .