Question

The sum of present age of 2 persons is 100yrs.Before 5 years the ratio of their ages is 5:13.Find the age of younger person

Answer 1

Answer:

let the ages of two persons are x any y

so

x+y=100

(x-5) /(y-5) =5/13

after solving it

x-y= -40

so the values of x=30 and y=70