Question

16. 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.

(b) Age of the father to the age of son, when son was 12 years old.

(c) Age of father after 10 years to the age of son after 10 years.

(d) Age of father to the age of son when father was 30 years old.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) 3:1

b) 10:3

c) 13:6

d) 15:1

Step-by-step explanation:

given:

present age of father = 42

present age of son = 14

a) age of father: age of son = 42: 14

* = 3:1

b) when son was 12 years old father will be 40 years old

then,

age of father:age of son = 40:12 * = 10:3

c)after 10 years the age of father will be 52 and age of son would 24

then ,

age of father : age of son = 52:24 * = 13:6

d) when father was 30 years old the son would have been 2 years old

then,

age of father : age of son = 30:2 * = 15:1

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