Question

If Leah is $6$ years older than Sue and John is $5$ years older than Leah and the total of their ages is $41$. Then how old is Sue?

• A. $8$
• B. $10$
• C. $14$
• D. $19$
• E. $21$

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

$8$

Let the age of sue is $x$
Given that age of leah is $x+6$ and age of john is $5+6+x=11+x$
The sum of their ages is $x+6+x+11+x=3x+17=41$
Which implies $3x=24$ $\Rightarrow x=8$