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

• ans is a
  bcoz according to d question
  father' age is twice as that of son
  so if father's age is 38 then son's age is 19 years
  and son's age five year back is 19-5=14 years
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(8) No(1)
• Ans : A
  "i was as old you are at the present at the time of your birth" means
  sons present age=fathers age at the time of sons birth
  for example sons present age is 30 then fathers age will be 30 at the time of sons birth
  so here father age=38 hence sons present age will be 19
  and 5yrs back so 19-5=14
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(4) No(0)
• try to solve with the help of answer.
  suppose son present age is 14 years.
  and father present age is 38 years.
  so at the time of his son birth,father age will be=38-14=24 years
  thatswhy son present age(14 years) is not equal to father age(24 years)
  but acc to question ,our above sentence is false.
  If we take present age of son as 19 years.
  then we get the true condition listed in question.and after that
  five years ago son age will be=19-5=14 years
• 11 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(1)
• Ans is option A.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
  
• 9 years agoHelpfull: Yes(3) No(0)
• At present the age of father is double the age of son. So the age of son is 19.
  5 years back the age of son is 14 years.
• 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(1)
• present age of son=x
  present age of father = 38-x
  x=38-x
  on solving that we get
  x=19
  therefore present age of son is 19 years
  before 5 years son's age = 19 - 5 = 14 years
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