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Sol.

Q. Aftab tells his daughter “Seven years ago, I was seven times as old as you were �then. Also, three years from now, I shall be three times as you will be”.

Represent this situation algebraically and graphically.

Aftab

Daughter

Present Age

x years

y years

7 years ago

(x – 7) years

(y – 7) years

(x – 7) =

7 ×

(y – 7)

x – 7 =

7y

– 49

x

– 7y =

– 49

+ 7

x – 7y =

– 42

…….(i)

3 years after

(x + 3) years

(y + 3) years

(x + 3) =

3 ×

(y + 3)

x + 3 =

3y

+ 9

x

– 3y =

9

– 3

x – 3y =

6

…….(ii)

Lets represent given situation algebraically

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Sol.

Q. Aftab tells his daughter “Seven years ago, I was seven times as old as you were �then. Also, three years from now, I shall be three times as you will be”.

Represent this situation algebraically and graphically.

x – 7y = – 42

…….(i)

x – 3y = 6

…….(ii)

Lets represent given situation graphically

For graphical representation we need two solutions of each equation

x

y

(x, y)

0

6

(0, 6)

7

7

(7, 7)

x

y

(x, y)

0

- 2

(0, - 2)

6

0

(6, 0)

0 – 7y = – 42

–7y = – 42

y = 6

7 – 7y = – 42

–7y = – 42 – 7

–7y = – 49

y = 7

0 – 3y = 6

–3y = 6

y = –2

6 – 3y = 6

–3y = 6 – 6

–3y = 0

y = 0

1

2

3

4

5

6

0

1

7

(7 , 7)

(0 , 6)

Scale :

1 cm = 1 unit on both the axes

X

Y

x – 7y = –42

x – 3y = 6

3

2

5

4

7

6

(6,0)

8

-1

-2

(0, -2)

-3

-4

-1

-2

-3

-4

Y

X