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Dravid and Vihaan are brothers. Dravid is 33 years old today. This is three times as old .............How old is Vihaan?

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Dravid and Vihaan are brothers. Dravid is 33 years old today. This is three times as old as Vihaan was when Dravid was the age that Vihaan is today. How old is Vihaan?

posted Oct 13, 2015 by Aman

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David's age = 33
Vihaan = x
Given that y years back
David = 33 - y =x ------1.
&
Vihaan = x - y = 33/3 = 11. -------2.
Substituting 1 in 2
33 - y - y = 11.
y = 11 -------3.
Substituting 3 in 1
x = 22.

answer Nov 24, 2016 by Tejas Naik



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