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Father’s age is three times the sum of ages of his two children. After 5 years, his age will be twice the sum of ages of the children. What is the age of father in years?

a)

52

b)

50

c)

45

d)

None of these



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Father’s age is three times the sum of ages of his two children. After 5 years, his age will be twice the sum of ages of the children. What is the age of father in years?

a)

52

b)

50

c)

45

d)

None of these

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Answer Key / Explanation : (c) -

Let the present age of father be years and sum of ages of his children be years.

∴ According to problem, we have                                                                                   …(i)

After 5 years, age of father=(years and sum of age of two children after 5 years =

According to problem we have,                                                 …(ii)

From (i) and (ii), we get years = Sum of ages of two children        

∴ Age of father = years.

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