Question

A man is 37 yrs old and his two sons are 8 and 3 yrs old respectively. After how many years will be he be twice as old as the sum of the ages of his sons?

Answer 1

Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

ans-5years

explanation--

Let the no. of years after which the man's age becomes twice the sum of his sons ages be  'x' years.

so,

after x years,

man' age=37+x

son 1's age=8+x

son 2's age=3+x

therefore,

37+x=2(8+x+3+x)

37+x=2(11+2x)

37+x=22+4x

-3x=-15

x=5

so,the answer to this question is 5 years