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Age Problem
john is twice as old as vijay and half as old as suresh.if the sum of suresh's and vijay's ages is 85 year what is john's age
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- 34
vijay =x
john=2x,
suresh=4x
vijay+suresh=5x=85
x=17
john=2*17=34
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- let suresh age===x
john is half old as suresh=1/2 x
vijay age=1/2as john(hence john is twice older than vijay)
=1/4 x
vijay+suresh=1/4x+x=85
x=68
john age=34 - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(1)
- from given,2j=v
j/2=s
v+s=85
then
2j+(j/2)=85
5j/2=85
j=34 - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- 2x+x/2=85
x=170/5=34 - 10 years agoHelpfull: Yes(1) No(0)
- how this 4x comes???
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