Problema Solution

Five years ago the age of a father was twice the age of his son. The sum of their present ages is 55 years. Find their present ages.

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sol.

        let the present ages of father be F and son be S.

            according to question

                      F-5 = 2(S-5)

                       => F = 2S -5-----------(1)

          also,

                   F+S =55

                  => 3S =60

                 => S = 20years and F = 35 years