Aptitude - Problems on Ages - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Problems on Ages - General Questions (Q.No. 3)
3.
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:
14 years
19 years
33 years
38 years
Answer: Option
Explanation:

Let the son's present age be x years. Then, (38 - x) = x

2x = 38.

x = 19.

Son's age 5 years back (19 - 5) = 14 years.

Discussion:
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Vijaykumar said:   1 decade ago
2x=38 ?

Prasath said:   1 decade ago
Meaning of 2x = 38.

Prachi said:   1 decade ago
Thanks dear.........

SriRam said:   1 decade ago
@ Karthik

Father's present age - Son's age = Father's age at the time of Son's birth.

Karthick said:   1 decade ago
Meaning of 38 - x = x ?

Goud said:   1 decade ago
The meaning is ' the sons presant age= father's age at the time son's birth

Shan said:   1 decade ago
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)

Shruthi said:   2 decades ago
The meaning was "at the time of son's birth, father age was son's present age".

88gguyu said:   2 decades ago
What is meaning of "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth".


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