aishwarya is twice as old as karishma .if six years is substracted from karishma age and four years added to aishwarya age ,then aiaharya agr will be four times karishma age .how old were they 2 years ago

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Let the present age of Karishma be x
Then the present age of Aishwarya will be 2x
According to the question,
4(x-6)=2x+4
4x-24=2x+4
2x=28
x=14
Now, Present age of Karishma is 14years and present age of Aishwarya is 28years.
Two years ago, Karishma's age was 12years and Aishwarya's age was 26years.

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aishwarya is twice as old as karishma .if six years is substracted from karishma age and four years added to aishwarya age ,then aiaharya agr will be four times karishma age .how old were they 2 years ago

Let the present age of Karishma be xThen the present age of Aishwarya will be 2xAccording to the question,4(x-6)=2x+44x-24=2x+42x=28x=14Now, Present age of Karishma is 14years and present age of Aishwarya is 28years.Two years ago, Karishma's age was 12years and Aishwarya's age was 26years.

Let the present age of Karishma be x
Then the present age of Aishwarya will be 2x
According to the question,
4(x-6)=2x+4
4x-24=2x+4
2x=28
x=14
Now, Present age of Karishma is 14years and present age of Aishwarya is 28years.
Two years ago, Karishma's age was 12years and Aishwarya's age was 26years.