"A father said to his son, ""I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth"". If

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12 Oct 2017 Age

"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
48 years now, what was the son's age seventeen years back?"

OPtion

1) 10
2) 11
3) 9
4) 5
5) 8
6) 6
7) 0
8) 4
9) 7
10) None of these

Solution

Let the sons current age be x
So fathers age x years back when son was born => 48-x = x
Solving we get x = 24
17 Years back son's age = 24-17 = 7 years

Correct Option: 9 Best Solution (14)

G.S.Kantharao   7 years AGO

Present Father's age is =48y
Son's age is half of his father's age=24years.
17 years back his Son's age =24-17=7years.
Hence the right option is 9👈

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Mukund Manohar   7 years AGO

Let the son's current age be x years
So father's age x years back when son was born => 48-x = x
Solving we get x = 24
Son's age 17 years back = 24-17 = 7 years

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Devendra Marghade   7 years AGO

Let father's age at the time of birth of his son=48/2=24 years.
So son's present age=24 years.
Son's age 17 years back=24-17= 7 years.
Option 9)

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SAYAN CHATTERJEE   7 years AGO

F=2*S
So, S= 48/2=24
Son's age 17 back = (24-17)
= 7.
Option 9.

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Chandra chur anand   7 years AGO

Son's age = Father's age / 2; hence son's present age is 24
after 17th year back his age will be 24-17=7

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Bharath Vikkurthi   7 years AGO

Lets us assume son's age is x
fathers age is 48 now, So 48-x
48-x=x
x=24; son's present age
24-17=9

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S. Singh   7 years AGO

Fathers' age now=48
Son's age now=24
son's age 17 years back =24-17=7 years .. option 9

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Praveen Malav   7 years AGO

lets son's present age is X years then 48-X=X
2X=48
X=24

Son's age 17 Years ago 24-17=7 years

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payal kataruka   7 years AGO

father age=2*son's age..
father current age is 48.. so son age is 24.. so 17 yr back means (24-17)= 7yr

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Vanitha   7 years AGO

2 * son's age = father's age = 48
Son's present age= 24
17 years back= 24-17 = 7

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UTKARSH   7 years AGO

Let the son's age be x years.
Then,(48-x)=x
48=2x
x=24
Son's age 17 years back=(24-17)=7 years.

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Dhivya   7 years AGO

lets son's preswnt age is x (48-x)=x
2x=48
x=24
17 years back 24-17=7

option 9

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Surbhi Barnwal   7 years AGO

48-x=x
2x=48
x=24
so before seventeen years son's age=24-17=7

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Nazeera   7 years AGO

let sons present age be ' x';
then 48-x = x ; therefore x=24
sons age 17 yrs ago would be 24-17= 7

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