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My aunt is 45 years old and her mother Manjulika is 73 years old. Can you find out how many years ago, her mother.......

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My aunt is 45 years old and her mother Manjulika is 73 years old. Can you find out how many years ago, her mother was three times her age?

posted Sep 1, 2016 by Prachi Sharma

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(45-x)*3=(75-x)
x => Number of years before the aunt's mother's age was 3 times that of her daughter.

135 - 3x = 75 - x
60 = 2x
x = 30 years ago
ie., Aunt's mother's age = 45 & Aunt's age = 15.

answer Sep 5, 2016 by Tejas Naik



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