Mary is X years old , her brother Tom is 4 years older than she . Their father is 3 times as old as Tom . Express the age of their father in the simplest algebraic expression.ma
Given : Mary is X years old, and Tom is 4 years older than her, so Tom’s age
= X+4
Since their father is 3 times as old as Tom. Now, let his age is Y. Then,
Y = 3*(X+4)
=3X+12
Therefore, their father is (3X+12) years old.