Question

.Arjun is twice as old as Shriya.Five years ago his age was three times Shriya's age, the present ages of Arjun and Shriya in years are ;
(a) 20 and 10
(b) 15 and 10
(c) 30 and 10
(d) 40 and 20​

Answer 1

The age of Shriya = y - 5. According to the question, five years ago Arjun's age was 3 times the age of Shriya. This gives us the second relation and we obtain equation (2). Hence, the present age of Arjun is 20 years and the present age of Shriya is 10 years.