Problema Solution

six years ago, josie was 5 times as old as dianne. how old is dianne now if her age is one-third that of josie's?

Answer provided by our tutors

Let josie's presen age  be x

So Dianne's age is x/3

But

(x-6)=5(x/3-6)

x=36..so dianne is 12 yrs of age