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Two years ago, a father was five times as old as his son. Two yearslater, his age will be 8 more than three times the age of the son. Find thepresent ages of father and son.

Answer» Correct Answer - 42 years, 10 years
Let the present ages of the man and his son be x years and y years respectively. Then,
`(x - 2) = 5 ( y - 2 ) rArr x - 5y = - 8 " " `… (i)
` and (x + 2) = 3 ( y + 2) + 8 rArr x - 3y = 12" "`... (ii)


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