document.write( "Question 674546: When I was 24 years old my cousin was ¼ my age , now I m 51 ; so what is the present
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document.write( "age of my cousin ?? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #419331 by rm29924(97)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! first we can figure out the cousin's age when the subject was 24 yrs old \n" ); document.write( "1/4(24) \n" ); document.write( "1/4(24/1) \n" ); document.write( "24/4=6 \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "we multiplied 24 by 1/4 \n" ); document.write( "if the subject is now 51 we must subtract 24 from 51 to see how many years have gone by \n" ); document.write( "51-24=27 \n" ); document.write( "so then we add 6 (the age the cousin was) to 27 the amount of years that have passed \n" ); document.write( "6+27=33\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the cousin is 33 years old now \n" ); document.write( " |