Two years ago father was three times as old as his son and two years hence twice his age will be equal to five times that of his son find their present ages
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let the father age be x and son be y
then given
x-2=3(y-2)-----1
and also given
2(x+2)=5(y+2)------2
solving 1 and 2
x-3y= -4----3
2x-5y=6----4
multiplying eq 3 by 2
y=14 and x=38
hope this helps you....
then given
x-2=3(y-2)-----1
and also given
2(x+2)=5(y+2)------2
solving 1 and 2
x-3y= -4----3
2x-5y=6----4
multiplying eq 3 by 2
y=14 and x=38
hope this helps you....
Anonymous:
Not understood
The answer is correct but I don't know how you did it
If age of son x
Then age of father 2x
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