A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:
[A].
14 years
[B].
19 years
[C].
33 years
[D].
38 years
Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Let the son's present age be x years. Then, (38 - x) = x
what is meaning of "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth"
88Gguyu said:
(Fri, Jul 23, 2010 07:02:03 PM)
...what is meaning of "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth"
Shruthi said:
(Sun, Aug 1, 2010 12:57:30 PM)
The meaning was "at the time of son's birth, father age was son's present age".
Shan said:
(Sat, Aug 21, 2010 10:49:33 AM)
The meaning is [if father age is 30 @ past then son age is 0]
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Then [if son age is 30 @ present then father age is 60] that is
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The explanation... See that (the past age of father= the present age of son)
Goud said:
(Fri, Aug 27, 2010 10:35:13 PM)
The meaning is ' the sons presant age= father's age at the time son's birth
2x = 38.
Son's age 5 years back (19 - 5) = 14 years.