Sandeep's age after six years will be three-seventh of his father&...
Let the age of Sandeep and his father before 10 years be x and 5 x respectively.
Given that Sandeep's age after six years will be three-seventh of his father's age
Sandeep's father's present age
= 5 x + 10 = 5 × 8 + 10 = 50
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Sandeep's age after six years will be three-seventh of his father&...
Given:
Six years later, Sandeep's age = (3/7) x Father's age
Ten years ago, the ratio of their ages was 1:5
To Find: Father's age at present
Solution:
Let's assume Sandeep's present age as S and Father's present age as F.
According to the given conditions:
Six years later, Sandeep's age = S+6
Six years later, Father's age = F+6
Given, S+6 = (3/7) x (F+6) ----(1)
Ten years ago, Sandeep's age = S-10
Ten years ago, Father's age = F-10
Given, (S-10):(F-10) = 1:5
Solving the above equation, we get:
S - 10 = (1/6) x (F-10)
S - 10 = (F/6) - (10/6)
S - (F/6) = 5
Now we can substitute the value of S- (F/6) from equation (1),
S+6 - (F+6)/7 = 0
S - (F/7) = -8
S - (F/6) = 5
Subtracting the above two equations, we get:
(F/42) = 13
F = 546/13
F = 42
Therefore, Father's age at present is 42 years (Option C).
Hence, the correct answer is option C.