Alex is 12 years older than george. carl is three times older than alex the sum of their ages is 68 find the ratio of george’s age to carl’s age to alex’s age

Ratio of George’s age to Carl’s age to Alex’s age is 1 : 12 : 4

Solution:

Let "a" be the age of Alex

Let "g" be the age of George

Let "c" be the age of Carl

Alex is 12 years older than George

Therefore,

Age of Alex = 12 + Age of George

a = 12 + g

g = a - 12 eqn 1

Carl is Three times older than Alex

Age of Carl = 3 x Age of Alex

c = 3a eqn 2

The sum of their ages is 68

age of Alex + age of George + age of Carl = 68

a + g + c = 68 eqn 3

Substitute eqn 1 and eqn 2 in eqn 3

a + a - 12 + 3a = 68

5a - 12 = 68

5a = 12 + 68

5a = 80

a = 16

Substitute a = 16 in eqn 2

c = 3(16) = 48

c = 48

Substitute a = 16 in eqn 1

g = 16 - 12 = 4

g = 4

Find the ratio of George’s age to Carl’s age to Alex’s age

Ratio of George’s age to Carl’s age to Alex’s age = g : c : a

g : c : a = 4 : 48 : 16

Divide the above ratio by 4 to reduce to lowest terms

g : c : a - 1 : 12 : 4

Thus ratio of George’s age to Carl’s age to Alex’s age is 1 : 12 : 4

whole numbers.

step-by-step explanation:

we are given the average monthly rainfall (in millimeters) model r(m) for the years 1900-2009 as a function of the month number m.

as we can see m is taken for the number of months for years 1900-2009.

we know that number of months can't be a negative number or decimal number or a fraction.

so, the number of months could be only positive whole numbers.

therefore, whole numbers is more appropriate for the domain of r.