Multiple choice

Prateek is 48 years old. Shubham, his son, asks his father about his age, to which the father replies that after four years, he will be six years older than twice his age at that time. Find the present age of Shubham.

  1. 23 years

  2. 22 years

  3. 20 years

  4. 19 years

  5. Na
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Explanation

Let Shubham's age be x. After 4 years, Prateek is 52 and Shubham is x+4. 52 = 2(x+4) + 6. 52 = 2x + 8 + 6. 52 = 2x + 14. 38 = 2x. x = 19.

AI explanation

Let Shubham's present age be x years. Prateek's current age is 48, so after four years, Prateek will be 52 and Shubham will be x + 4. The given condition states 52 = 2(x + 4) + 6, which we solve by distributing the 2 to get 52 = 2x + 8 + 6. Simplifying this yields 52 = 2x + 14, meaning 2x = 38 and x = 19. Therefore, the present age of Shubham is 19 years.

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