Two years ago a man was five times as old as his son. Two years later his age will be eight more than three times as old as his son . Find there present age

The age of man is 42 years and the age of his son is 10 years.

Father 42 and son 10

Let the age of the father is x years and that of the son is y years.

Then by the given question,

x-2=5(y-2)

or, x-5y=-10+2

or, x-5y=-8

or, x=5y-8

x+2=3(y+2)+8

or, x-3y=6+8-2

or, 5y-8-3y=12

or, 2y=12+8

or, y=20/2

or, y=10

then x=5y-8=50-8=42

Then, the age of father is 42 yrs. and the age of sun is 10 yrs.

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