Deepak is 10 years old, and his brother is 7 years old. In how many years time will their total age be 41.

Sandy,priscilla&florence shared 540 sweets.sandy took 90 sweets.florence took 3 times as many as the total number of sweets sandy&priscilla took.how many sweets must florence give to priscilla so that both would received the same number of sweets?

1 answer

Let the number of years be x
10+x + 7+x = 41
2x = 41 - 17
2x = 24
x = 12

It will happen in 12 years.

check:
in 12 years:
Deepak will be 22
his brother will be 19, the sum will be 41