Question

Prashants age is 5 years more than five times the age of his son. Find the age of his son if prashant is 40 years old

Answer 1

Let Prashant's age be x and his son's age be y
According to the question:-

x=5y+5
Prashant age is now 40 years
Putting x=40
40=5y+5
5y= 40-5
5y=35
y=35/5
y=7
Son's age is 7 years.
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Answer 2

Answer:

The age of Prashant's son is 7 years if Prashant's age is 5 years more than five times the age of his son.

Explanation:

Let Prashant's son's age be X years.

So, Prashant's age = (5x + 5) years.

It is given,

Prashant's age = 40years.

∴ By the abovementioned information, we get,

5x + 5 = 40 years.

or, 5x = 40-5 years.

or, 5x  = 35 years.

∴ X = 7 years.

Ans) The son's age is thus 7 years.