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A teacher is four times as old as a student in 20 years the student age will be half of the teacher age how old are they now

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Let the present age of student be x

Present of teacher will be 4x

After 20 years,

Age of student = x + 20

Age of teacher = 4x + 20

According to the given condition after 20 years,

x + 20 = (4x + 20)/2

x + 20 = 2x + 10

2x - x = 20 - 10

x = 10

So student's present age is 10 years while teacher's is 4 x 10 i.e 40 years.

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