Rakesh's age is less than Saina's age by $5$ years.The sum of their ages is $27$ years How old are they?

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Solution

Let Saina's age be $x$ .
Then, Rakesh's age is $x - 5$
Given: $x + x - 5 = 27$
$⟹ 2 x - 5 = 27$
$⟹ 2 x = 32$
$⟹ x = 16$
Therefore, Saina's age is $16$ years and Rakesh's age is $11$ years.

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Rakesh's age is less than Saina's age by 5 years.The sum of their ages is 27 years How old are they?

Let Saina's age be x.Then, Rakesh's age is x−5Given: x+x−5=27⟹2x−5=27⟹2x=32⟹x=16Therefore, Saina's age is 16 years and Rakesh's age is 11 years.

Rakesh's age is less than Saina's age by $5$ years.The sum of their ages is $27$ years How old are they?

Let Saina's age be $x$ .
Then, Rakesh's age is $x - 5$
Given: $x + x - 5 = 27$
$⟹ 2 x - 5 = 27$
$⟹ 2 x = 32$
$⟹ x = 16$
Therefore, Saina's age is $16$ years and Rakesh's age is $11$ years.