Question

Sarah's age is 6 years less than twice Aryan's age. Their combined age is 36 years. How old is Aryan?

Answer 1

she is 15. 15 plus 15 is 30 and that leaves u with 6

Answer 2

Aryan is 14 years old

Explanation:

If we let "A" represent Aryan's age, and "S" would represent Sarah's age, then we can make the following equations...

S = 2A - 6

S + A = 36

Now we sub in the value of S in terms of A and get...

S + A = 36

(2A - 6) + A = 36

2A - 6 + A = 36

3A = 36 + 6

3A = 42

A = 14