Latest Infosys Aptitude Question SOLUTION: "You see," said Mrs.Murphy,"Paddy is now one and one-third times as old as he was when he took to drink, and little Jimmy, who was forty months old when paddy took to drink is now

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"You see," said Mrs.Murphy,"Paddy is now one and one-third times as old as he was when he took to drink, and little Jimmy, who was forty months old when paddy took to drink is now two years more than half as old as I was when Paddy took to drink , so when little Jimmy is as old as Paddy was when he took to drink.our three ages combined will amount to just one hundred years" How old is little Jimmy?

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azeez  (9 years ago)

Paddy ------- Jimmy ------ I
x ----- 40 ------ N >> when Paddy took to drink

4x/3 ------ 40+(x/3) ---- M >>Now

(N/2)+2= 40+(x/3) => N = 76+(2x/3)
M= 76+(2x/3)+(x/3)=76+x

So total age=(4x/3) + 40 +(x/3) +76+x=1200
=> 8x/3= 1200-116=1084
x= 406.5
Jimmy is now= 40+135,5=175.5 months

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