Multiple choice

A mother's age is one year more than 5 times of her daughter’s age. After 5 years, the mother's age would be 2 less than four times the daughter’s age. Find the product of their present age?

  1. 700

  2. 732

  3. 735

  4. 772
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Let daughter's age = x. Mother = 5x + 1. After 5 years: (5x+1)+5 = 4(x+5)-2. 5x+6 = 4x+20-2 = 4x+18. x = 12. Daughter = 12, Mother = 5(12)+1 = 61. Product = 12 × 61 = 732.

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