Question

Seema is now 9 years older than beena. In 10 years seema will be twice as old as beena was 10 years ago. Find their present ages

Answer 1

Question :-

Seema is now 9 years older than beena. In 10 years seema will be twice as old as beena was 10 years ago. Find their present ages.

Answer :-

→ Present age of Beena is 39

→Present age of Seema is 48

Step - by - step explanation :-

Let, present age of Beena is "x"

According to the question,

Seema 's present age will be → x + 9

.•. After 10 years ,

Seema will be → x + 9 + 10 = x + 19 (years old )

and 10 years ago , Beena was → x -10 (years old )

Now , According to the question,

age of Seema is twice ,

Therefore ,

→ x + 19 = 2(x -10)

→ x = 39

Therefore ,

Present age of Beena is 39 ,

And ,

Present age of Seema is ↓

→ x + 9 = 39 + 9 = 48 .

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