SOLUTION: suresh was twice as old as ramesh 10 years back .how old is ramesh today given that suresh will be 40 years old 10 year hence

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Question 889894: suresh was twice as old as ramesh 10 years back .how old is ramesh today given that suresh will be 40 years old 10 year hence
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If S is going to be 40 in ten years, s/he is 30 now, and was 20 ten years ago. So ten years ago R was 10 (half of 20) and is now 20.

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