Wipro Company Numerical Ability Age Problem

The ages of Old and Young total 48.Old is twice as old as Young was when Old was half as old as Young will be when Young is three times as Old was when Old was three times as old as Young. How old is Old?
(a) Old-42, Young-26 (b) Old-38, Young-22 (c) Old-30, Young-18 (d) Old-28, Young-14

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very bad english of the question
10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(28) No(0)

from-the-options-itself,we-can-see-that-option-c
old=30
young=18
30+18=48
by-reducing-this-yrs-only-by-one
before-6yrs
old=>24(half-of-young)
young=>12(twice-of-old)
11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(24) No(1)
Substitute option c--30+18=48
11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(0)
improve your english
9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
your English made the question complicated
9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
c
old=30,young=18
5 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(0)

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