Five years ago, the ratio of Priya’s age
Five years ago, the ratio of Priya’s age to Meera’s age was 3 : 2. The difference of their present ages is 10 years. What is Meera’s current age?
पाँच वर्ष पहले, प्रिया की आयु और मीरा की आयु का अनुपात 3 : 2 था। उनकी वर्तमान आयु का अंतर 10 वर्ष है। मीरा की वर्तमान आयु कितनी है?
Detailed Solution & Logic
25 years
Let Priya’s present age be $P$ and Meera’s present age be $M$.
Five years ago, the ratio of their ages was 3 : 2, so
$ \frac{P - 5}{M - 5} = \frac{3}{2} $
2(P - 5) = 3(M - 5)
2P - 10 = 3M - 15
$ 2P - 3M = -5 \quad ...(1) $
The difference of their present ages is 10 years:
$ P - M = 10 \quad ...(2) $
Substitute $P = M + 10$ from (2) into (1):
2(M + 10) - 3M = -5
2M + 20 - 3M = -5
-M + 20 = -5
M = 25
Answer: Meera’s current age = 25 years
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