Ravi is 12 years younger than Surya. Ravi's age is 40% of the sum of his and Surya's age. What will be Surya's age 9 years hence?
let surya's age=s
ravi's age=r
Given s-r=12
r=0.4(r+s)
0.6r=0.4s
0.6(s-12)=0.4s
0.6s-7.2=0.4s
0.2s=7.2
s=36 yers
9 years from now age will be 36+9=45 years
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