Question 1162244: Adjapong is 3times as old as atsu. Three
Years ago he was four times as old as
Atsu. How old is each boy now? Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, solver91311:Answer by ikleyn(52790) (Show Source):
If the younger is x years old, then the older is 3x years old now.
Three years ago, the younger was x-3 years old, while the older was 3x-3 years old.
From the condition
3x - 3 = 4*(x-3).
Simplify and solve
3x - 3 = 4x - 12
12 - 3 = 4x - 3x
9 = x
ANSWER. Atsu is 9 years old; Adjapong is 9*3 = 27 years old.
