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Q: 5 years ago Sushma was 5 times as old as her Son. 5 years hence her age will be 8 less than three times the corresponding age of her Son. Find their ages ?

  • 1
    24 and 13 years
  • 2
    48 and 24 years
  • 3
    35 and 11 years
  • 4
    33 and 15 years
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Answer : 3. "35 and 11 years"
Explanation :

Answer: C) 35 and 11 years Explanation: Let the age of sushma be x and the age of her son is yThen five years before x-5=5(y-5) ...(1)Five years hence x+5 = 3(y+5)-8 .....(2) By soving (1) & (2), we get5y - 15 = 3y + 7y = 11 => x = 35 Therefore, the age of Sushma = 35 and her son = 11.

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