Question

the ratio of father's age and son's age is 18:6. if the sum of their ages is 96 years, how old is the son ?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Given: The ratio of father's age and son's age is 18:6. if the sum of their ages is 96 years.

To find: We have to find the age of the son.

Solution:

The ratio of father's age and son's age is 18:6.

Let the father's age be 18x and the son's age be 6x.

The sum of father's and son's ages is 18x+6x=24x.

Given that the sum of their ages is 96 years.

So, we can write-

$24x = 96 \\ x = 4$

The value of x is 4.

The age of the father is 18×4=72 years.

The age of the son is 4×6=24 years.

The age of the father is 72 years and the age of the son is 24 years.