Question

Mrs Jain is 27 years older than her daughter Nilu.After 8 years she will be twice as old as Nilu. Find their present ages. ​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Let Nilu's age = x

Mrs. Jain is 27 years older than her daughter Nilu.

Then Mrs. Jain's age is x+27

After 8 years, she (Mrs. Jain) will be...

She (Mrs. Jain) will be (x+27)+8

...twice as old as Nilu (will be in 8 years)

Nilu will be x+8 in 8 years.

And twice Nilu's age then will be 2(x+8)

So:

(x+27)+8 = 2(x+8)

Solve that for x. That will be Nilu's age.

Then add 27 to Nilu's age and that will be

Mrs. Jain's age.

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