document.write( "Question 1013422: The sum of the ages of a boy and his mother is 48. If the mother is three
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let assume the age of the boy be 'x' . so the age of mother would be '48-x' now according to the condition given in the question that
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\n" ); document.write( "you get the value of x that is 15
\n" ); document.write( "now the age of boy would be 15 and age of mother would be 33
\n" ); document.write( "so, difference would be 33-15= 18
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