SOLUTION: Manisha is 5 years younger than meghana.four years later,meghana will be twice as old as manisha.find their present ages.

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Question 1091938: Manisha is 5 years younger than meghana.four years later,meghana will be twice as old as manisha.find their present ages.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52777)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Let x be Manisha's present age.

Then Meghana's present age is (x+5) years.

Four years later: Manisha is (x+4). Meghana is (x+5) + 4 = (x+9).

The condition says 

2*(x + 4) = x + 9.

2x + 8 = x + 9.

x = 1.


Answer.  Manisha is 1 year old now. Meghana present age is 1 + 5 = 6 years.

Solved.

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Answer by greenestamps(13198)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Let's solve this using logical reasoning instead of formal algebra.

For the sake of word problems involving ages, we can assume that Manisha will ALWAYS be 5 years younger than Meghana. So 4 years from now Meghana will still be 5 years older than Manisha; if she is then twice as old as Manisha, their ages 4 years from now must be 10 and 5.

So their current ages are 6 and 1.
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