Concept explainers
To find:The age of Person M.
Answer to Problem 35HP
Person M is 10 years old.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
The current ratio of Person M’s age and his brother Person S’s age is
Calculation:
Let the age of Person M is
Rearrange the above ratio.
In ten years, the age of Person M becomes
Simplify the above expression.
Multiply equation (1) by 5 and equation (2) by 3 on both the sides and solve it.
On solving,
Therefore, Person M is 10 years old.
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