Question

the age of rahim and ramesh are in the ratio 5:7.if ramesh was 9years older and rahim was 9 years younger ,the age of ramesh would have been twicethe age of rahim.find their ages ( after finding theanswer check whether LHS=RHS)

Answer 1

let the ages of Ramesh and Rahim are 5x and 7x respectively.

if Ramesh was 9 years older, age = 5x+9

and Rahim is 9 years younger , age = 7x-9

therefore according to question:

= 5x+9=2(7x-9)
= 5x+9=14x-18
= 14x-5x=9+18
= 9x=27
x=27/9=3years

therefore the age of Ramesh = 5*3 = 15 yrs

the age of Rahim = 7*3 = 21 yrs

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