The ratio between the present ages of P and Q is 3 : 4. Four years hence Q will be five years older than P. What is P’s present age?
(a) 15 years (b) 20 years (c) 25 years (d) Cannot be determined (e) None of these
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The ages of Rahul and Hari are in the ratio 5:7 Four years later the sum of their ages will be 56 years . What are their present age ?
Let the common ratio between Rahul's age Hari's age be x ∴ Age of Rahul and Hari will be 5x years and 7x years After 4 years the age of Rahul and Hari will be (5x+4) years and (7x+4) years After 4...
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The ages of Rahul and Haro on are in the ratio 5:7. Four years later the sum of their ages will be 56 years. What are their present ages?
Let Rahul's age = 5x Let Haroon's age = 7x A/Q (5x+4)+(7x+4) = 56 5x+7x+8 = 56 12x = 48 x = 4 Rahul's age = 5x = 5x4 = 20 years Haroon's age = 7x =...
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Baichung’s father is 26 years younger than Baichung’s grandfather and 29 years older than Baichung. The sum of the ages of all the three is 135 years.
Let Baichung's father's present age be x years Given Baichung's father is 29 years older than Baichung Hence Baichung's age is (x − 29) years Baichung's grandfather is 26 years older than Baichung's...
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Shobo’s mother’s present age is six times Shobo’s present age. Shobo’s age five years from now will be one third of his mother’s present age.
At present, _________ Shobo's age = x years His mother's age = 6 times of Shobo's age = 6x years Five years from now ________________ Shobo's age = ( x + 5 ) years According to the problem given, x...
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A grandfather is ten times older than his granddaughter. He is also 54 years older than her. Find their present ages.
Let age of grand daughter be x age of grandfather is 10 x A/Q 10 x = 54 + x 9 x = 54 x = 6 10 x = 60 age of grandfather is 60 age of granddaughter is...
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Aman’s age is three times his son’s age. Ten years ago he was five times his son’s age. Find their present ages.
Son age be x Aman age is 3x ten years ago son age x-10 aman age 3x -10 A/Q 5(x-10) = 3x -10 5x -50 = 3x - 10 2x = 40 x =20 3x=60 son present age =20 aman present age = 60
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The ages of Hari and Harry are in the ratio 5:7. Four years from now the ratio of their ages will be 3:4. Find their present ages.
Given Hari age =5x given Harry age=7x 4 years later both of their age is =5x+4 ...
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The sum of the ages of a man and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their ages was four times the man’s age at the time.
Let the present age of the son be x years Given that, sum of present ages of man and his son is 45 years. ⇒ Man’s present age = (45 – x)years And also...
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Seema’s present age is four times her son’s present age and four-seventh of her father’s present age.
(b) Let Seema’s present age be x years. Then, Seema’s son’s present age = x/4 years Seema’s father’s present age = 7x/4 years. Then, x+ x/4 +7x/4= 32x3 12x = 96 × 4 x = 96...
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Geeta is older than her cousin Meena. Meena’s brother Bipin is older than Geeta. When Meena and Bipin visit Geeta, they like to play chess.
(d) From the given information, we conclude that ; Bipin is older than Geeta and Geeta is older than Meena. Hence, Meena is the youngest of the three.
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