Question

salini's mother's present age is 8 times salini's present age five years from now salini's age will be 1/4th of of his mother's present age what are their present ages

Answer 1

salini -= 5 years

mother = 40years

Explanation:

`salini = x \\ mother =8x \\ x + 5 = 1 \: of \: 8x \\ x + 5 = 2x \\ 5 = x`

`5 = x`

then you equate the values of x