Question

ram's age is twice as old as sham's age. five year ago his age was three times sham's age. find their present age

Answer 1

Let sham's age be x
Ram's age 2x


Ram's old age 3 . 2x

Answer 2

Let the age of Sham be x. [1]
Ram's age will be 2x. [1]

5 YEARS AGO,
Sham's age was x-5. [2]
Ram's age was 3(x-5). [2]

Equating Equation 1 and 2 we get,

x+2x = (x-5)+3(x-5)
3x = x-5+3x-15
3x = 4x-20
3x-4x = -20
-x = -20
+x= +20

PRESENT AGE OF
Ram is x = 20years
Sham is 2x = 2x20 = 40 years

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