CBSE BOARD X, asked by gur90, 1 month ago

Arjun is as old as shriya. Five years ago his age was three times shriyas age. Find their present ages.

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Answered by mansipatel4882
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let age of Arjun be x
and age of Shriya be y

then according to question
x=2y−−−(1)
and five years ago
x−5=3(y−5)
x−5=3y−15
x−3y+10=0−−−(2)
using eq(1)
2y−3y+10=0
y=10
and x=20
∴ age of Arjun is 20 and age of Shriya is 10
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