Question

How old am I if 400 reduced by 3 times my age is 241? Can I please have an explanation..

Answer 1

Given :

400 reduced by 3 times my age is 241

To Find :

My age .

Solution :

Let, age is x .

So , expressing given condition mathematically , we get :

`400-3x=241\\\\3x=400-241\\\\3x=159\\\\x = 53`

Therefore, the age is 53 years.

Hence, this is the required solution.