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Question 919605: Hello,can you help me solve this problem?
Present age of father is 48 years and that of son is 12 years.Find the ratio of
a)present age of father to present age of son
b)age of father to age of son ,when son was 8 years old
c)age of father to age of son , when father was 42 years old
Thanks and regards.
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Hello,can you help me solve this problem?
Present age of father is 48 years and that of son is 12 years.Find the ratio of
a)present age of father to present age of son
b)age of father to age of son ,when son was 8 years old
c)age of father to age of son , when father was 42 years old
Thanks and regards.

a.
Father is presently 48, while son is presently 12 
48%3A12, or 48, or 48÷12 = 4, or highlight_green%284%3A1%29
           12     12÷12   1
b.
Father was 44 (48 - 4), when son was 8 (12 - 4)
44%3A8, or 44, or 44÷4 = 11, or highlight_green%2811%3A2%29
           8      8÷4    2
c.
Father was 42 (48 - 6), when son was 6 (12 - 6)
42%3A6, or 42, or 42÷6 = 7, or highlight_green%287%3A1%29
           6      6÷6   1