Answer
28 years in sleeping and 4 years in eating.
Work Step by Step
Let the number of years spent on sleeping be\[S\]. Let the number of years spent on eating be\[E\]. From the given first condition, we get the linear equation like, \[S+E=32\] (I). From the second condition, we get the linear equation like:
\[S=E+24\] (II)
By observing, these both equations are simultaneous linear equations. We can solve by substituting S in equation (I). By substituting we get:
\[\begin{align}
& E+24+E=32 \\
& 2E=8 \\
& E=4
\end{align}\]
Substituting \[E=4\] in equation (I) we get:
\[\begin{align}
& S+4=32 \\
& S=28
\end{align}\]
By solving both equations, we get number of years spent in sleeping is 28 and number of years spend in eating is 4 years.
