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The sum of the ages of Anup and his father is 100. When he will be as old as his father now, he will be five times as old as his son Anuj is now. Also, Anuj will be eight years older than Anup is now at that time. What are their ages right now?

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Solution

Let the present ages of Anup, his father and his son Anuj be x, y and z, respectively.

Given that, the sum of ages of Anup and his father is 100
x+y=100 ..........(1)

Let their new ages after few years be x', y' and z', respectively.
Given that, after those few years, new age of Anup = present age of father = 5 × present age of Anuj
x=y=5z ............(2)
Also, given that new age of Anuj= 8+present age of Anup
z=8+x .....(3)
Number of years = New age - present age for each person
Number of years =xx=yy=zz
Taking first and last term we have,
xx=zz..........(4)
Using equations (1), (2), and (3), we get,
x=y, x=100y, z=8+x=8+100y=108y, and z=y5
Substituting these values in equation (4), we get:
y(100y)=(108y)y5

2y100=108yy52y+6y5=108+100

16y5=208
16y=208×5
y=65
Now, from equation (1) , x=100y=10065=35
And from equation (2), z=y5=655=13

Hence, the present age of Anup is 35 years, that of his father is 65 years and that of his son, Anuj is 13 years.

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