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A man is 40 year old at present while his dad is 68. Find out how many year ago he was one third of his father.

Shiva Sharma (8 years ago)

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Bhargavi Tadimarri  (8 years ago)

answer is 26

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SOUMYA SANKAR BAKSHI  (8 years ago)

Let x years before he was 1/3rd of his father.so x years before man's age was (40-x)yrs and his father' age was (68-x)yrs.by the problem,(40-x)=1/3(68-x)...solving the equation we get x=26 yrs.so before 26 yrs man's age was 14 yrs and father's age was 42 yrs so 14 is 1/3rd of 42.

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