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THE PRESENT AGE OF A FATHER IS THREE TIMES THAN THAT OF HIS SON. FIVE YEARS AGO HE WAS FIVE TIMES AS OLD AS HIS SON. FIND THEIR PRESENT AGES.

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THE PRESENT AGE OF A FATHER IS THREE TIMES THAN THAT OF HIS SON. FIVE YEARS AGO HE-example-1
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User Atharva Dubey
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Answer:

His son is 10 and his father is 30.

Explanation:

Let the age of his son be x and his father's age be 3x.

5(x-5) = 3x-5

5x-25 = 3x-5

5x-3x = 25-5

2x = 20

x = 10

3x = 10 × 3

= 30

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