A father's présent age is one year more
than 5 times of his son's age. After 3
years, the father's age would be 2 years
less than four times the son's age. Find
the present age of the father.
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A father's présent age is one year more
than 5 times of his son's age. After 3
years, the father's age would be 2 years
less than four times the son's age. Find
the present age of the father.
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Explanation:
Let the age of son be x.
Thus, age of father is 4x.
After 5 years, their ages will be x+5 and 4x+5 years respectively.
As per the question, we have
4x+5=3(x+5)
⇒4x+5=3x+15
⇒x=10
Age of father will be 4x=4×10=40 years.
Thus when son is 10 years old, father is 40 years.