A wife says if i reverse the digits of my age i will find the age of my husband .
Read the question to find out what to let the unknowns be:
find the age of wife ?
A wife says "if I reverse the digits of my age I will find the age of my husband."
The tens digit of the wife's age = t
The units digit of the husband's age = u
The wife's age is 10t+u
The tens digit of the husband's age = u
The units digit of the husband's age = t
The husband's age is 10u+t
"if he is senior to me and the difference of our ages"
That tells us that the husband is older than the wife,
so we'll know which one to subtract from which one.
So difference in their ages = husband's age minus wife's age.
Difference in their ages = (10u+t)-(10t+u)
and the difference of our ages is equal to the 1/11 of the sum of our age.
(10u+t)-(10t+u) =
[(10u+t)+(10t+u)]
Simplify:
10u+t-10t-u =
[10u+t+10t+u]
9u-9t =
[11u+11t]
Multiply both sides of the equation by 11
11(9u-9t) =
[11u+11t]
99u-99t =
[11u+11t]
99u-99t = 11u+11t
88u = 110t
Divide both sides by 22
4u = 5t
u =
The left side u is a digit, so the right side must also be
that same digit. The only digit t that will cause the
right side to be a digit is a multiple of 4. 8 or larger
won't do for 8 would make the right side 10 which is not
a digit. So the only value for t is 4 itself. So t=4
Substituting:
u =
u =
u = 5
So the wife is 45 and the husband is 54.
Edwin