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.
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Present age of father is 42 years and that of his son is 14 years. Find the ratio of: (a) Present age of father to the present age of son.
(a) Ratio of father’s present age to that of son = 42/14 = 3/1 = 3:1 (b) When son was 12 years, i.e., 2 years ago, then father was (42 –...
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Amulya is x years of age now. 5 years ago her age was (A) (5 – x) years (B) (5 + x) years (C) (x – 5) years (D) (5 ÷x) years
The correct option is (C) (x – 5) years.
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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 this mother’s present age.
Let Shobo’s age be x years. Therefore, his mother’s age will be 6x years. According to the given question, After 5 years.Shobo's age = Shobo's mother's present age/3 x + 5 = 6x/3 x +...
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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.
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The age of Sohan Lal is four times that of his son Amit. If the difference of their ages is 27 years, find the age of Amit.
Correct answer is 9 years
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My younger sister's age today is 3 times, what it will be 3 years from now minus 3 times what her age was 3 years ago. Find her present age.
Correct answer is 18 years
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Five years hence, a man’s age will be three times the sum of the ages of his son. Five years ago, the man was seven times as old as his son.
Let the present age of the man be x years and that of his son be y years. After 5 years man’s age = x + 5 After 5 years ago son’s...
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The present age of a man is 2 years more than five times the age of his son. Two years hence, the man’s age will be 8 years more than
Let the man’s present age be x years. Let his son’s present age be y years. According to the question, we have: Two years ago: Age of the man = Five times the age...
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If twice the son’s age in years is added to the mother’s age, the sum is 70 years. But, if twice the mother’s age is added to the son’s age
Let the mother’s present age be x years. Let her son’s present age be y years. Then, we have: x + 2y = 70 …….(i) And, 2x + y = 95 ……(ii) On multiplying (ii)...
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5 years hence, the age of a man shall be 3 times the age of his son while 5 years earlier the age of the man was 7 times the age of his son.
(d) 40 years Let the man’s present age be x years. Let his son’s present age be y years. Five years later: (x + 5) = 3(y + 5) ⇒ x + 5 = 3y...
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