SOLUTION: The age of a father is twice of her younger daughter and her younger daughter is 5 years younger than her elder sister whose age is 30 than find out the age of father

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Question 1092490: The age of a father is twice of her younger daughter and her younger daughter is 5 years younger than her elder sister whose age is 30 than find out the age of father
Found 2 solutions by josmiceli, ikleyn:
Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the age of the father
Let = the age of the younger daughter
= the age of the elder sister
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The father is 50
The younger daughter is 25

Answer by ikleyn(52803)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The older sister is 30 years old.                           <<<---=== GIVEN !


Hence, the younger sister is 30-5 = 25 years old.           <<<---=== From the condition.


It implies that the age of the father is 2*25 = 50 years.   <<<---=== From the condition.

Solved.


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