Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he is older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of Purav and Sagar is 66 years, and Sagar’s age is 48 years, then what is the Purav’s age?
(a)
18 yrs.
(b)
Cannot be determined
(c)
16 yrs.
(d)
20 yrs.
Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he is older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of Purav and Sagar is 66 years, and Sagar’s age is 48 years, then what is the Purav’s age?
(a)
18 yrs.
(b)
Cannot be determined
(c)
16 yrs.
(d)
20 yrs.
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Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he is older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of Purav and Sagar is 66 years, and Sagar’s age is 48 years, then what is the Purav’s age?
(a)
18 yrs.
(b)
Cannot be determined
(c)
16 yrs.
(d)
20 yrs.
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Rahul is as much younger than Sagar as he is older than Purav. If the sum of the ages of Purav and Sagar is 66 years, and Sagar’s age is 48 years, then what is the Purav’s age? |
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(a) |
18 yrs. |
(b) |
Cannot be determined |
(c) |
16 yrs. |
(d) |
20 yrs. |
Let the age of Rahul, Sagar and Purav be 
and 
respectively.
Age of Sagar – Age of Rahul = Age of Rahul – Age of Purav
Also 
Solving (
), 
we get 
As per eqn. 
we have Purav’s age + Sagar’s age = 66 yrs.
By going through option (
) given Purav = 18 yrs., Rahul = 33yrs., Sagar = 48 yrs.
Difference between Rahul’s and Purav’s age = 18 yrs.