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A father is twice as old as his son. 20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times the age of the son. The present age of the father (in years) is

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Let sons age = x. Then, fathers age = 2x.
12(x—2O) = (2x - 20) so x = 22
Fathers present age = 44 years

1. Sum of three numbers 264, If the first number be twice then second and third number be one third of the first, then the second number is

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Let the second number is x, then first is 2x, and third is 1/3(2x)
\begin{aligned}
=>2x + x + \frac{2x}{3} = 264 <=> \frac{11x}{3} = 264
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
=> x = 72
\end{aligned}

2. if the sum of \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{2} \end{aligned} and \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{5} \end{aligned} of a number exceeds \begin{aligned} \frac{1}{3} \end{aligned} of the number by \begin{aligned} 7\frac {1}{3} \end{aligned}, then number is

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Seems a bit complicated, isnt'it, but trust me if we think on this question with a cool mind then it is quite simple...
Let the number is x,
then, \begin{aligned} (\frac{1}{2}x + \frac{1}{5}x) - \frac{1}{3}x = \frac{22}{3} \end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
=> \frac{11x}{30} = \frac{22}{3}
\end{aligned}

\begin{aligned}
=> x = 20
\end{aligned}

3. A father is twice as old as his son. 20 years ago, the age of the father was 12 times the age of the son. The present age of the father (in years) is

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Let sons age = x. Then, fathers age = 2x.
12(x—2O) = (2x - 20) so x = 22
Fathers present age = 44 years

4. Product of two natural numbers is 17. Then, the sum of reciprocals of their squares is

\begin{aligned} \frac{290}{289} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \frac{1}{289} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \frac{290}{90} \end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} \frac{290}{19} \end{aligned}

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

If the numbers are a, b, then ab = 17,
as 17 is a prime number, so a = 1, b = 17.

\begin{aligned} \frac{1}{a^2} + \frac{1}{b^2} =
\frac{1}{1^2} + \frac{1}{17^2}
\end{aligned}
\begin{aligned} = \frac{290}{289}
\end{aligned}

5. Three times the first of three consecutive odd integers is 3 more than twice the third. The third integer is

Answer: Option C

Explanation:

Let the three integers be x, x+2 and x+4.
Then, 3x = 2(x+4)+3,
x= 11
Therefore, third integer x+4 = 15