Question

father is 24 years older than his daughter .in 4 years,he will be thrice as old as his daughter.find their present ages

Answer 1

Let the age of father be x

Age of daughter be y

From the question...

x=24+y...

x-y=24............... Equation 1

And

x+4=3y

x-3y=-4................Equation 2

By elimination method..

x- y=24

x-3y=-4

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2y=28

y =14

Father present age is 24+14=38

Present ages of daughter is 14