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  • 04-06-2021
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Jailah’s age is 5 years less 1/4 her grandfather's age. Jailah is 12 years old. how old is Jailah’s grandfather

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  • 04-06-2021

Answer:

Solution given:

let age of Jailah be x and grandfather's age be y

according to the question

x=¼y-5.....(1)

x=12...........(2)

Now substituting value of x in equation 1

12 =¼y-5

12+5=¼y

17=¼y

doing crisscrossed multiplication

17*4=y

y=68

Jailah’s grandfather is 68 years old.

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