How old is Michele now?

Question

Michele's grandmother is now eleven times older than Michele. In five years her grandmother will be six times older than Michele will be. How old is Michele now?
A. 4 years old
B. 5 years old
C. 6 years old
D. 7 years old

plz tell me how u got the answer i tried to do it backwards by multiplyin 7x11 which is 77 and i cant do it from there

if you dont know anything about math dont waste ur time and reply...

SHE IS 11 times younger....and in 5 years she will be 6 times younger so how old is she?

"greenwhitecollege"
i like how u breaked everything down thanks

Thanks i tried doing the same thing also by using the given answers

THANKS all for ur HELP

ANSWER IS B?
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Answer 1

A represents grandma's age
B represents Michele's age

EQUATION 1: A = 11*B (so grandma's age equals michele's age times 11)
EQUATION 2: A+5 = 6*(B+5) (so you add 5 years to grandma's age and that will equal 6 times michele's age in 5 years, get it?)

so to get an answer we need to use either only A's or only B's, and since the question is asking for Michele's age, we need to find out what B is.

So since A = 11*B, i'm going to substitute the "A" in equation 2 with 11*B to give equation 3

EQUATION 3: (11*B)+5 = 6*(B+5)

simplifying equation 3:
11B+5 = 6B+30
11B-6B=25
5B=25
B=5

and going a step further, using equation 1 we can find out grandma's age
A = 11B
A=11*5
A = 55

Answer 2

B) 5 years, 11*5=55 5+5=10 6*10=60 55+5=60

Answer 3

I figured the grandmother hopefully wouldn't be 44 years old.
She is 6 years old. I went through the answer choices, and found C works. Right now the grandmother is 11 times older than Michele's 6 years. 6*11=66. Right now Michele's grandmother is 66 years old. In 5 years she will be six times older than Michele is now. Add the 5 years to Michele's age 6 you get 11. Michlele's grandmother is 6 times older than her. 11*6=66

Answer 4

D.7years old

7*11=77 the age of the grandma now.
in 5 years 77+5=82 and Michele will be 13 82/6= 13.66 and since you can't be .66 years and still be considered a year older that's how it works. I hope I was helpful. But I probably wasn't.

Answer 5

B.

5 x 11 = 55

in 5 years Michele will be 10
Granny is 6 x older so she's 60.

Answer 6

Let Michelles's age be x
Then Granny's age is 11x
In 5 years Michelle will be x + 5, and granny will be 11x + 5
and 11x + 5 = 6(x + 5)
11 x + 5 = 6x + 30
5x = 25
x = 5
So Michelle is 5

Answer 7

the answer is b five years old because michelles grandmother is 55 which is 5x 11 and in five years michelle will be ten and her grandmother 60 10 x 6 =60

Answer 8

im not telling you the answer but i will tell you how do solve it. okay so first wut i did was i wrote down: x11 +5 6x jsut for me to keep track then i took 4 and multiplied it by 11: 4x11=44 then i added 5 to four because you need to add 5 years to her now (or then?): 5+4=9 then i added 5 to 44= 49 because you need to add 5 years to geandma's age. then i went liek this 9x6= 54 beacuse you need to see if its 6 times older than michelle so if both of the last two problems are equal then you have your answer get it? read over it a few times if you dont

Answer 9

5

5*11=55

6x=60
x=10

First, you multiply all the possible answers by 11

Add 5 to each (9,10,11,12) and the answers (49,60,71,82)

Divide the bigger ones by 6 and if they match Michelle's respect age with the constraints, you get 10 and 60, subtract 5 from both. 5 and 55. Meets both requirements...

B is the answer

Answer 10

Well, narrow the answer down to C and D because a grandma is normally at least 66 or 77.