Question

Emilio's age is 4 yrs old more than half the age of his sister Rosa. The sum of their ages is 28. How old is Emilio?

Answer 1

Let the age of emilo's sister be 'x'.then
Emilo's age=x+4
nw, A/q
\[(x)+(x+4)=28\]\[2x+4=28\]\[2x=28-4\]\[2x=24\]\[x=12\]