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the age of father is 2times de sum of ages of his two childrens after 20 yrs his age will be equal 2 da sum of da ages of his children find da fatners age

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Solution

Let the present age of father be x yrs

and the present of sum of ages of sons be y yrs

From the given data

x = 2y------(i)

x+20 = y+20+20

x-y = 20---(ii)

put x = 2y in (ii), we get

2y - y = 20

so, y = 20

Now, x = 2y = 2 × 20 = 40

So

Present age of Father is 40 yrs.


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