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Ages of Raghav and Priti are 40 and 60 years, respectively. How many years before the ratio of their ages was 3 : 5?

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Ages of Raghav and Priti are 40 and 60 years, respectively. How many years before the ratio of their ages was 3 : 5?
posted Jul 27, 2018 by anonymous

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10 years


(40-x)/(60-x)=3/5
x=10 years

answer Jul 27, 2018 by Hanifa Mammadov



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