Son's age is now one third of father's age. In 12 years from now son's age will be one half of father's age. What is the son's age

A 6
B 10
C 12
D 24

Correct Answer: 12

Let, the son's age be x, so father's age is 3xNow, x + 12 = <math xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>3</mn><mi>x</mi><mo> + </mo><mn>12</mn><mo>)</mo></mrow><mn>2</mn></mfrac></math>⇒ 2x + 24 = 3x + 12⇒ x = 12
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