SOLUTION: Abbie is 5 years older than Cathy, bhavana is twice as old as Abbie, the total of their age is less than 30. What is bhavna's greatest possible age? Thank you
Question 1094558: Abbie is 5 years older than Cathy, bhavana is twice as old as Abbie, the total of their age is less than 30. What is bhavna's greatest possible age? Thank you Found 2 solutions by addingup, MathTherapy:Answer by addingup(3677) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website! C = A-5
B = 2A
A+A-5+2A < 30
4A = 35
A = 8.75 (8 years and 8 months)
B =< 17.5 (17 and 6 months or 17 1/2)
Let Bhavana's age be B
Then Abbie's is:
Also, Cathy's is:
We then get:
B + B - 5 < 30
2B < 35
B, or Bhavana is < 17.5 years-old, so Bhavana's greatest possible age is: