Q:
5 years ago, the mother's age was 3 times of her son's age. 5 years hence, the ratio between the ages of mother and the son becomes 11:5. Find the mother's present age?
Answer
Let the present age's of mother be 'M' and that of her son be 'S'.
According to the given data in the question,
M - 5 = 3(S - 5)
F - 3S = -10 ...............(1)
Then given ,
M + 5 : S + 5 = 11 : 5
=> 5M - 11S = 30 ..............(2)
From (1) & (2), we get
S = 20
Then by substituting S = 20 in (1) or (2), we get
M = 50.
Hence, the present age of mother is M = 50 years.
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