Question

The age of a father is equal to the square of his daughter’s age. If one year ago, the father’s age was 8 times the daughter’s age. What would their current ages be?

A- 25 years and 5 years

B- 81 years and 9 years

C- 49 years and 7 years

D- 36 years and 6 years

E- None of these choices


Thank you for any help. I’m having a great deal of trouble with this problem. Any help would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

I did process of elimination and for each option subtracted one from the current values to see if one was 8x the other.
A - 24 & 4 (6x)
B - 80 & 8 (10x)
C - 48 & 6 (8x)
D - 35 & 5 (7x)

I found the correct answer to be c