Take Sarita's present age to be y years
(i) What will be her age 5 years from now?
(ii) What was her age 3 years back?
(iii) Sarita's grandfather is 6 times her age. What is the age of her grandfather?
Given:
Sarita's present $=y\ years$.
The age of Sarita's grandfather is 6 times her age.
To do:
We have to find
(i) Her age 5 years from now.
(ii) Her age 3 years back.
(iii) The age of her grandfather.
Solution:
(i) Age of Sarita after 5 years $=y+5$ years.
(ii) Age of Sarita 3 years ago $=y-3$ years.
(iii) The age of Sarita's grandfather $=6\times y$ years
$=6y$ years.
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