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Femina's mother is 22 years younger than Femina's grand mother and 27 years older than Femina.The sum of their ages are 121 years.Find Their present ages.

Femina's Mother age be x
Grandmother age = x + 22
Femina age = x - 27
Sum of their ages = 121
x + x + 22 + x - 27 = 121
3x - 5 = 121 
3x = 121+ 5 
3x = 126
x = 42

Age of Mother = 42
Age of Grandmother = 42 + 22 = 64
Age of Femina = 42 - 27 = 15 


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