Answer:
Yusuf is 33 and Ajay is 18
Explanation:
Let Y and A stand for the ages of Yusuf and Ajay, respectively.
We are told that:
(1/2)A + 24 = Y [Age of Yusuf is 24 years more than half the age of Ajay]
(A-5)+(Y-5) = 41 [5 years before sum of their ages was 41]
Take the definition of Y in the first equation and use it in the second:
Y = (1/2)A+24 from the first equation
(A-5)+(Y-5) = 41 The second equation
(A-5)+(((1/2)A + 24)-5) = 41 Replace Y with (1/2)A+24
(A-5)+(1/2)A + 24-5 = 41
A-5+(1/2)A + 24-5 = 41
(3/2)A + 14 = 41
(3/2)A = 27
A = (2/3)(27)
A = 18
Ajay is 18 years old
Yusuf is Y=(1/2)(18)+24
Yusuf is 33 years old
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Check: Is Yusuf 24 years more than half the age of Ajay?
Ajay = 18, so (1/2)18 = 9. Add 24 years to get 33. Yes, this works since Yusuf is 33 years old
Was the sum of their ages = 41 five years ago?
Ajay would have been 13 and Yusuf would have been 28 28+13 = 41 YES