Question

sum of the ages ahmed and his mother is 40, two years ago ahmed's mother was 5 times as old as ahmed. calculate ahmeds age

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

let Ahmed present age be X

his mother age will be 40-x

two years ago,

Ahmed age will be x-2

Ahmed mother age will be (40-x)-2

according to questions,

{(40-x)-2=5×(x-2)

40-x-2=5x-10

40+10-2=5x+X

48=6x

therefore X=8