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Five years ago, Deepika was twice as old as kanchan.Five years later, Deepika's age will be 5 more than kanchan's age.find their present ages.

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Let the age of Kanchan, 5 yrs ago = x yrsAge of Deepika, 5 yrs ago = 2x yrs Present age of Kanchan = x+5 yrsPresent age of Deepika = 2x+5 yrsAge of Kanchan after 5 yrs = x+10 yrsAge of Deepika after 5 yrs = 2x + 10 yrsAccording to question,2x + 10 = x + 10 + 52x - x = 5x = 5So, present age of Kanchan = 5 + 5 = 10 yrsPresent age of Deepika = 2×5+10 = 20 yrs

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