Farah got married 8 years ago. Today her age is 1 2/7 times her age at the time of her marriage.
Farah got married 8 years ago. Today her age is 1 2/7 times her age at the time of her marriage. At present her daughter's age is one-sixth of her age. What was her daughter's age 3 years ago?
(a) 6 years (b) 2 years
(c) 3 years (d) Cannot be determined
(e) None of these
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(c) Let Farah’s age at the time of her marriage be x.
Then, (x +8)= x x 9/7
9x /7 -8 =8
x=8*7/2= 28 years
Farah’s present age = 28 + 8 = 36 years
Daughter’s age 3 years ago = 36 x 1/6-3= 3 years
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