The total of the ages of Jay, Prem and Sarosh is 93 years. Ten years ago, the ratio of their ages was 2:3:4. What is the present age of Sarosh?

24 years

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32 years

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34 years

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28 years.

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29 years.

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Solution

The correct option is D
28 years.

Let the ages of Jayanth, prem and SarOsh 10 years ago be 2x, 3x and 4x yearly respectively.

$∴$ then, (2x+10) + ( 3x+10) + (4x + 10) = 93 $\Leftrightarrow$ 9x=63 $\Leftrightarrow$ x=7

$∴$ Saransh's present age = 4x = 28 years

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