four years ago,my father's age was 4times that of my age.At present the sum of my father's age and that of mine is 53 years,what are our present ages?
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GIVEN :-
- Four years ago father's age was four times his son's age.
- At present sum of their ages is 53 .
TO FIND :-
- Present age of father .
- Present age of son .
SOLUTION :-
Let ,
- Present age of son = x
- Present age of father = y
Four years ago ,
- Age of son = x - 4
- Age of father = y - 4
According to the first condition ,
According to the second condition ,
Add Eq (1) and Eq (2) ,
Put the value of x in Eq (2) ,
➤ Present age of son = 13 years
➤ Present age of father = 40 years
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