Question

A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at the present at the time of your birth". If the father's age is $38$ years now, then the son's age five years back was

• A. $14$ years
• B. $19$ years
• C. $33$ years
• D. $38$ years

Answer 1

The correct option is A $14$ years

Let the son's present age be $x$ years.
Then, $(38-x)=x$
$\Rightarrow 2x=38$
$\Rightarrow x=19$
$\therefore$ Son's age $5$ years back $=(19-5)=14$ years.