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Father is aged three times more than his son Johnny. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Johnny's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Johnny's age?

  1. 2 times

  2. Same

  3. 3 times

  4. 4 times
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Explanation

Let Johnny's current age be x. Then father's age is 4x (three times more than x, not three times x). After 8 years: (4x+8)/(x+8) = 2.5, which gives x = 8. After 16 more years (total 24 years later): father = 48, Johnny = 24, so father is 2 times Johnny's age.

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