One year ago, the father was 8 times as old as his son. Now his age is the square of his son’s age. Find their present ages.

Let present age of the son be x years
∴ Present age of the father = x2 years
one year ago,
Age of the son = (x – 1) years
and Age of the father = (x2 – 1) years
According to the given condition,
x2 – 1 = 8(x – 1)
⇒ x2 – 1 – 8x + 8 = 0
x2 – 8x + 7 = 0
⇒ (x – 1) (x– 7) = 0
⇒ x – 1 = 0,  x – 7 = 0
i.e., x = 1,  x = 7
When x = 1, age of son = age of father, which is impossible
∴ x = 1 is rejected.
∴ x = 7
Thus present age of son = 7 years
and present age of father = 49 years.

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Two years ago, a man's age was three times the square of his son's age. In three years time, his age will be four times his son's age. Find their present ages.


Let present age of son = x years
Two years ago, Age of son = (x – 2) years
Age of man = 3(x – 2)2
∴ Man’s present age = 3(x – 2)2 + 2
= 3(x2 – 4x + 4) + 2
= 3x2 – 12x + 14
Age of man = 3(x – 2)2
∴ Man’s present age = 3(x – 2)2 + 2
= 3(x2 – 4x + 4) + 2
= 3x2 – 12x + 14
After 3 year
The age of son  = (x + 3) years
Age of man  equals space left parenthesis 3 straight x squared minus 12 straight x plus 14 right parenthesis plus 3
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According to given condition,
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∴    The present age of man
                             equals space 3 straight x squared minus 12 straight x plus 14
equals space 3 cross times 5 squared minus 12 cross times 5 space plus space 14
equals space 29 space years

 And, the present age of son = x = 5 years. Ans.
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The sum of ages of a father and his son is 45 years. Five years ago, the product of their ages (in years) was 124. Determine their present ages.

Let the present age of father be x years. Then,
Son’s present age = (45 – x) years
Five years ago,
Age of Father = (x – 5) years
and Age of Son = (45 – x – 5) years = (40 – x) years
According to given condition,
(x – 5) (40 – x) = 124
⇒ 40x – x2 – 200 + 5x = 124
⇒ x2 – 45x + 324 = 0
⇒ x2 – 36x – 9x + 324 = 0
⇒ x (x – 36) – 9 (x – 36) – 0
⇒ (x - 9) (x - 36) = 0
⇒x = 9 or x = 36
When x = 36, we have
Father’s present age = 36 years
Son’s present age = 9 years
When x = 9, we have
Father’s present age = 9 years
Son’s present age = 36 years
Clearly, this is not possible
Hence, Father’s present age = 36 years and Son’s present age = 9 years.

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In a flight of 600 km an aircraft was slowed down due to bad weather. Its average speed for the trip was reduced by 200 km/hr and the time of flight increased by 30 minutes. Find the duration of flight.

Let original speed of the aircraft be x km/hr. Then,
New speed = (x - 200) km/hr
Duration of flight at original speed
                       space space equals space open parentheses 600 over straight x close parentheses hr.
Duration of flight at reduced speed
                        space space equals open parentheses fraction numerator 600 over denominator straight x minus 200 end fraction close parentheses hr.
According to given condition, 
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Hence, Duration of flight
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Seven years ago Varun’s age was five times the square of Swati’s age. Three years hence Swati’s age will be two fifth of Varun’s age. Find their present ages.

Seven years ago, let Swati’s age be x years.
Then, seven years ago Varun’s age was 5x2 years.
∴ Swati’s present age = (x + 7) years
Varun’s present age = (5x2 + 7) years
Three years hence,
Swati’s age = (x + 7 + 3) years
= (x + 10) years
and Varun’s age = (5x2 + 7 + 3) years
= (5x2 + 10) years
According to given condition,
∴               straight x plus 10 space equals space 2 over 5 left parenthesis 5 straight x squared plus 10 right parenthesis
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Hence, Swati's present age = (2 + 7) years  = 9 years
  Varun's present age = space left parenthesis 5 cross times 2 squared plus 7 right parenthesis space years space equals space 27 space years.

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