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Q:

The ratio of Laxmi's age to the age of her mother is 3:11. The difference of their ages is 24 years. The ratio of their ages after 3 years will be?

Q:

Can yoy guess the Age of Karthik & Kalyan  ?

 A) 68 & 44 B) 64 & 48 C) 58 & 54 D) 76 & 36

Explanation:

Given Karthik + Kalyan = 112

Given that when karthik is at the age of kalyan he is twice of Kalyan's age

i.e When he was 48 means Kalyan is at 24

=> Present age of Kalyan is 48

And that of Karthik is 112 - 48 = 64

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Q:

The average age of a couple is 24 years when they were married five years ago but now the average age of the husband, wife and child is 20 years(the child was born during the interval). What is the present age of the child ?

 A) 2 yrs B) 4 yrs C) 3 yrs D) 5 yrs

Explanation:

29 x 2 = 58
20 x 3 = 60
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2 years

Therefore, the age of child is 2 years.

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Q:

The average age of seven persons sitting in a row facing east is 26 years. If the average age of the first three persons is 19 years and the average age of the last three persons is 32 years, then find the age of the person sitting in the middle of the row ?

 A) 32 yrs B) 29 yrs C) 24 yrs D) 27 yrs

Explanation:

Total age seven persons = (26 x 7)years
Total age of the first three persons and the last three persons are (19 x 3) years and (32 x 3) years respectively.
Age of the person sitting in the middle of the row = 26 x 7 - 19 x 3 - 32 x 3 = 182 - 57 - 96 = 29 years.

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Q:

A person's present age is two-fifth of the age of his mother. After 8 years, he will be one-half of the age of his mother. How old is the mother at present ?

 A) 36 yrs B) 38 yrs C) 40 yrs D) 42 yrs

Explanation:

Let the mother's present age be x years.

Then, the person's present age = 2/5 x years.

(2x/5 + 8) = 1/2 (x + 8)

2(2x + 40) = 5(x + 8) => x = 40.

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Q:

If Riya's age is four times the age of Siya and if Riya's age is 24 yrs , find the age difference between Riya and Siya ?

 A) 2 yrs B) 12 yrs C) 18 yrs D) 6 yrs

Explanation:

Let Siya's age = x

Then Riya's age = 4x

But given Riya's age = 24

=> 4x = 24 => x = 6

Hence Siya's age = 6 yrs

=> The age difference = 24 - 6 = 18 yrs.