A girl is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence, the product of their ages (in years) will be 160. Find their present ages.

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asked Feb 17, 2018 in Mathematics by Kundan kumar (49,132 points) 34 378 1009
A girl is twice as old as her sister. Four years hence, the product of their ages (in years) will be 160. Find their present ages.

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answered Feb 17, 2018 by Vikash Kumar (144,729 points) 8 11 21
 
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Given that, after 4 years, the product of their ages will be 160.

Hence, the present ages of girl and her sister are 12 years and 6 years respectively.​

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