A father is six times as old as his son.In 6 year,he is twice as his son.how old is the father now?Also find son present age.
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A father is six times as old as his son.In 6 year,he is twice as his son.how old is the father now?Also find son present age.
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Let the age of son be x
So, father's age be 6x
second condition
=4(x+4)=6x+4
x=6 year
hence,
son's age is 6 year
father's age is 36 year
Answer:
Let us start by the standard assumptions to solve such kind of sums,
Let the father’s age be y;
Let the son’s age be x;
So from the first condition: y=6x
After 6 years, the father’s and son’s age will be : y+6 & x+6 years respectively.
Therefore, from the second condition: y+6=3(x+6)
Substituting y as 6x in above equation we get,
6x+6 = 3x+18 ……………………………. on opening the brackets
3x = 12 or x = 4
Therefore, y = 6x = 6 x 4 = 24
Hence, the father’s age is 24 years and son’s age is 4 years.
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PS: He is quite young to be a dad, isn’t it? :p