The average age of a man and his son is 33 years. The ratio of their ages is 8:3. What is the man's age ?
(a) 48 years (b) 44 years (c) 42 years (d) 50 years (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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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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Is the following situation possible? If so, determine their present ages. The sum of the ages of two friends is 20 years.
Let the present age of friend 1 be a x years Given that, Sum of the ages of two friends = 20 years ⇒ Present age of friend 2 = (20 – x)...
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The average age of a woman and her daughter is 42 years. The ratio of their ages is 2:1. What is the daughter's age?
(a) Let the age of woman be 2x years and that of her daughter be x years. According to the question, 2x + x = 2 × 42 or, 3x = 84 or, x...
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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) Let the present ages of P and Q be 3x and 4x respectively. Then, (4x + 4) – (3x + 4) = 5 ⇒ 4x – 3x = 5 ⇒ x = 5 P’s present age =...
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The average age of 3 friends is 32 years. If the age of a fourth friend is added, their average age comes to 31 years.
(b) Age of the fourth friend = 31 × 4 - 32 × 3 = 124 - 96 = 28 years
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In 1930, a person’s age was 8 times that of his shown. In 1938, the father's age became ten times that of his son’s age in 1930.
(c) Let son’s age in 1930 be x years then father’s age in 1930 will be 8x years In 1938, father’s age= (8x + 8) years As per the question, 8x + 8...
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